This, my friends, is one of the contributions of the year. Murray Bird and he QAFF group have discovered this epic poem which tells the story of the Brisbane D Grade Grand Final in 1946. [A snapshot of a moment in time, this is a dead-set classic – JTH]
My Saintly brothers and sisters … in Jake, we must now trust!
November 22, 2015 by 11 Comments
Jen Muirden asks that her fellow Saints give Jake a go.
Almanac Poetry: Brothers
October 21, 2015 by 1 Comment
Bluestone with a delightfully simple poem about brothers.
Almanac Poetry: Time, the toughest opponent of all
October 16, 2015 by 2 Comments
Time and football. Verse from the pen of Jeff Dowsing.
Almanac poetry: Season’s over
October 10, 2015 by 2 Comments
The changing of the seasons moves Vin Maskell to verse.
Almanac Poetry – Red and White
July 15, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Jan Courtin shares a poem for the Swans she wrote in 1957
Jarrad Waite and the Hand of God
July 4, 2015 by 3 Comments
An ode to Jarrod Waite with his 200th game approaching against the Blues
Haiku Bob – Round 8 – wherever you look
May 28, 2015 by 2 Comments
What a difference a week makes: “10 goals up/We start talking again/About the future.”
Poetry: One Game, One Goal (Tom Petsinas)
April 23, 2015 by 3 Comments
This is a poem by Tom Petsinas. Orm Fowler, known as Tom, played one game for Fitzroy and then (it seems) went to St Kilda. Looks like he enlisted in 1915. I have had a quick look at the War Memorial service records. Seven Tom Fowlers enlisted during World War I. Someone might like to work out which one this is.
South Melbourne/Sydney Swans: Memories of our 30 Years in Sydney
April 8, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Jan Courtin puts into poetry her thoughts about her beloved Swans
Simple footy words: Sad Day
March 31, 2015 by 1 Comment
How are footy fans feeling on this intriguing day, just a couple days out from the start of a fresh season?
A Poem to ‘Baby Roo’
December 5, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Yoshi Imagawa welcomes the latest St Kilda Father-Son prospect (only 18 years to go until he’s eligible, Saints fans…) into the world with some quality prose .
Round 21 – Haiku Bob – all the clocks
August 21, 2014 by 5 Comments
Clocks, petals, a door. Haiku Bob tries to make sense of another Collingwood loss.
Collingwood’s 2014 bicycle
August 17, 2014 by 5 Comments
In the face of a flogging, E. Regnans resorts to high-end doggerel (with apologies to Banjo and Mulga Bill).
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