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Holgate
Holgate Poems - Poems about Holgate
FRIEND OF MINE
...Artie Mac was a hero of mine Singing songs most all of the time He would never just say Hello He'd hit you with a greeting from some Broadway show Man he could sing everything That voice divi......
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Louis Spence
Categories:
holgate,
celebration,
Form:
Elegiac Lyric
A WORD WITH WILF
...Were yer looking down, Wilf, were yer with me Dad Sitting with John Widdowfield and Harry, his brave lad Weren't the fans terrific, did you hear them roar Didn't Boro start well and what a time......
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Louis Spence
Categories:
holgate,
celebrity, football,
Form:
Ballad
BOOTS
...Boots across his shoulders, striding through the park Bright young man of 20, out to make his mark On his way to Ayresome, living out the dream Playing centre forward for his hometown football ......
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Louis Spence
Categories:
holgate,
football,
Form:
Ode
Old Big Ead
...So you old bugger you’ve gone and how many more will there be of you in the top one watching from Holgate you’d just come back you'd scored for England B against Scotland plast......
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Michael J Lewis
Categories:
holgate,
death, football, hero, nostalgia,
Form:
Free verse