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Just Not Cricket

Poem by Harry Gallagher

Harry Gallagher by Harry Gallagher
21-05-2025 11:05
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A strongly worded statement,
that should do the trick,
we'll tell these Israeli chaps
that they're not playing cricket
quite by the correct rules -
bowling TNT at hospitals,
lobbing bouncing bombs at schools.

This game seems jolly uneven,
your attacking doesn't cease,
there are little arms and legs
raining down upon the crease.
I say, that ball you're bowling
looks jagged and hard bitten.
Oh dear, upon inspection it's shrapnel
and stamped 'Made In Britain'.

Harry Gallagher

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Poet, singer, songwriter, actor - there's no beginning to my talents. Working constantly and live blissfully on the North East coast I’m a poet based in the North East of England and my poems have been published all over the place.

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