Dear Potters,

[royalbarclayfan]

We´ll try to stand tall
When we pay a call
This Saturday mid-afternoon,
In the wake of those
Undoubted long throws
Just ready to make us all swoon,
And don´t get me wrong
As a weapon, they´re strong
Especially with a six-foot-five Crouch,
Just loitering there
Up where the air
Is thin, there´ll be no room to slouch,
But Lambert I´m sure
Has thought of a cure
For those airborne missiles of yours,
And has his own plan
For just how we can
Add a point or more to our own cause,
A draw when we met
Early on, and we let
A one goal lead slip, I recall,
Was probably fair
Though we were unclear
Back then, as to this league´s pitfalls,
We´re much wiser now
Though we must still bow
To your extra Premier League years,
And a Europe taste too
Will have strengthened you
As this season´s finale nears,
So I´d say, a point
Hard fought at your joint
Would be very satisfactory,
But what would bring joy
Unlike t´other new boy
Would be if we picked up all three,
And Pulis, no doubt
Will cajole and shout
Instructions, especially if things,
Don´t potter along
In tune with his song
I´m looking forward to what the day brings.

Yours very expectantly,

 

[canary-dave]

High quality as usual RBF, I think we may just spring a surprise on this one, with a late winner from our sub., Howson J!

 

[royalbarclayfan]

Evening dave, seems very quiet in the Potteries tonight, think I´d be quite happy with a draw here..................

For you know they do rule Britannia
And despite our Canarymania,
It´s a tough place to go
And put on a show
We´ll need to be just that bit cannier. OTBC

 

[Smithers]

Excellent!

Good luck on your vist and to be fair I think we were very lucky at your place!

 

[Pottermouth 328]

We we're indeed fortunate to get a pt a Norwich, no doubting that.. but to the O.P.
Why do you keep pressing the
enter
button
so
often..

That's a nice verse, now go and lie on your'e couch
Let's hope for your'e sake, your'e not caught out by Crouch.
Swansea they knew and we're warned about Rory but nay, it was Shotton
Where we're all their defenders, "Crouch scored" they must have forgotten.

Not underestimating Norwich at all but, I think we should be looking to be positive and go for it!
I will be dissapointed if we don't win this game. Can't wait to see Grant Holt come up against
Robert Huth.. Something's gotta give me thinks.

Good luck after Saturday of course!





ENJOY the game fella's I HOPE not the result.

 

[nickyb]

Doggerel

 

[canary-dave]

Doggerel

Philistines rarely see beyond the end of their nose!

 

[royalbarclayfan]

NB, some might say
The way that you play
Is a doggerel form of football,
But, like my rhyme
You can´t please all the time
Everyone, in their own port of call.

 

[binge-on-beer]

when you come across here
don't think that we're queer
when we shove our arse in your face
its just we're unhappy
with our manager chappie
and Rory should not have a place

But we hope you go deaf
when we shout at the ref
for denying poor wilko a goal.
Yet Walters will thrive
From the pen from the dive
when pennant fell with a roll

If shawcross gets two
and Ethers one too
methinks that means we'll score four
and delia will curse
cos you came off the worst
relegation beckons once more

 

[royalbarclayfan]

binge,

A high scoring draw
Which could mean 4-4
Is how I think this one could end,
Etherington M
Could be where problems stem
For us, that I´ll not pretend

But relegation, whoa!
Though you never know
And if you think we could still fall,
What of your fine selves
Surely not, hell´s bells
We´d really have to hit a wall

And Holt versus Huth
Both quite a tough nut
Will be something special to see,
As Pottermouth said
Their own head to head
Could decide things, ultimately.

 

[nickyb]

Let me explain canaryman.
Just because it rhymes does NOT mean it is either poetry or verse,
Yes it rhymes, but there is NO rhythm, nor meter, look up Iambic Pentameter in your dictionary, then you will see what I mean.

Blank verse (that means it does not rhyme) is written in Iambic Pentameters as a basic format, and the rhythm goes di dum di dum di dum, the stress being on the 'di@

Do not even think to lecture me on poetry or any other aspect of English Literature - stick to Pam Ayres

Good luck for the season, after tomorrow of course, I really rate your manager, I like him as a player, especially when he went to Germany - a class act

 

[Smithers]

Excellent guys! A bit of light hearted banter for a change - it must because the sun is out!

 

[Pottermouth 328]

Nicky
Most poetry I have read usually does rhyme?

But, you are the one doing the degree in English so I guess you are correct.

BUT, tommorow is Friday I think, is that sun Smither's mentioned getting you too excited.

I'll let you know what I think of Parameters and Iambi's or Iambic's when I've googled it.

 

[Canary Rob]

Let me explain canaryman.
Just because it rhymes does NOT mean it is either poetry or verse,
Yes it rhymes, but there is NO rhythm, nor meter, look up Iambic Pentameter in your dictionary, then you will see what I mean.

Actually there is no such requirement for poetry to have "rhythm". Poetry simply means that you use the language for a purpose beyond what is actually said- i.e. so that it sounds pleasant. Rhythm is just one way of doing this. It is simply for aesthetic purposes. For example, you can have a poem about love which is in the shape of a heart- i.e. the actual words form a visual heart. It has no rhythm, or rhyme or even meter, but it is still a poem.

Verse on the other hand can either have a meter, or a rhyme, or both. Simply rhyming is enough to classify something as verse, as is simply a rhythm.

Blank verse (that means it does not rhyme) is written in Iambic Pentameters as a basic format, and the rhythm goes di dum di dum di dum, the stress being on the 'di@

Iambic pentameter is much more flexible than just "di dum" times five. The dum and the di can be reversed, you can even have stops in the line that count as something. There are more meters than just pentas, though this is the standard.


Anyway, enough on the literature lesson!

 

[royalbarclayfan]

Let me explain canaryman.
Just because it rhymes does NOT mean it is either poetry or verse,
Yes it rhymes, but there is NO rhythm, nor meter, look up Iambic Pentameter in your dictionary, then you will see what I mean.

Blank verse (that means it does not rhyme) is written in Iambic Pentameters as a basic format, and the rhythm goes di dum di dum di dum, the stress being on the 'di@

Do not even think to lecture me on poetry or any other aspect of English Literature - stick to Pam Ayres

Good luck for the season, after tomorrow of course, I really rate your manager, I like him as a player, especially when he went to Germany - a class act

Can´t see anywhere where I´m lecturing you on anything, and I certainly never professed to be writing in Iambic Pentameter.

I never once professed to be writing
As Shakespeare did, in lines often biting,
So take it with a pinch of salt my friend
Or this debate may just not find an end.

 

[nickyb]

I told you not to attempt to lecture me, now do as you are told and don't

 

[canary-dave]

I told you not to attempt to lecture me, now do as you are told and don't

Actually 'pentameter' is self explanatory to an intelligent person! Not all poetry consists of five "feet" or "metrical units" so you are correct in not wishing to be lectured to, as it would be pointless to someone of such limited creative knowledge!

This is a football forum for goodness sake, not the open university!

 

[Pottermouth 328]

Canary Dave
By not all do you mean this example..

The boy stood on the burning deck,
His feet were covered in blister's.
His boxer's too were burnt as well,
So he had to wear his Sister's.
SORRY!

 

[royalbarclayfan]

I told you not to attempt to lecture me, now do as you are told and don't

Oh dearie, dearie me!

 

[binge-on-beer]

the boy dived off the burning deck
into a nearby punt
but delia smith had got there first
so his head went up her ....

got to get back on topic somehow