Town fan Geoff Willis has published what we think is the first book of poetry devoted to the Blues.

Portman Poems, “poetry with a punch”, is a collection of poems reflecting events at Portman Road from the early 1990s to the present day plus a few on more general footballing subjects.

Geoff says many of his verses are pastiches of familiar lyrics: “A fair number of the poems are parodies on old songs, which the older generation will readily recognise. — I grew up humming and singing along to such great songwriters and lyricists as Cole Porter and Irving Berlin.

“There are also hymn tunes which will be familiar to all football fans, such as Abide With Me and Amazing Grace. But for those readers who may not know some of the tunes, or who are tone-deaf, I hope the poems can be enjoyed without musical accompaniment.”

Portman Poems is available for £5.75 (cheques payable to Geoff Willis) from 6 Portway Court, Halstead, Essex. CO9 2BP.

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John_Warks_Willy added 09:23 - Aug 25 do they rhyme?
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dobbie73 added 09:38 - Aug 25 Given the strong Irish representation at Portman Road at the moment, a book of Limericks may be more appropriate! Wah wah wah ..... boom boom.
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gd1704 added 11:05 - Aug 25 There was a great player called Keane Who as a manager was moody and mean Anyone not up to scratch Was quickly dispatched Never to be seen ageen (sorry!)
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Franzgumm added 11:52 - Aug 25 Mark Jarman actually wrote a previous book of poetry about Town, called Songs the North Stand Sing. About 10 years ago, maybe... I have it somewhere.
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thebooks added 13:20 - Aug 25 Ditto Mark's collection, which was jolly good - Jimmy Robertson Down the Wing I seem to recall, and something about footballers eating steak...
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bluewein added 15:03 - Aug 25 Jarman? They're the brothers from the band The Cribr aren't they?!
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wisebluey added 16:46 - Aug 25 there was an old boy called keane who played football like a dream then he came to town and dragged us down then quit and was never to be seen i rteally hope this does'nt happen
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