John Hegley 

Come on You Hatters: John Hegley’s poem for Luton Town

With his club playing in the Premier League for the first time, the poet pens an exclusive ode for the Guardian to mark the occasion
  
  

Come On You Hatters

Come On You Hatters

Kicking up a fair commotion
with the winning of promotion
messages came fast and thickly
some said football now was sickly -
needing something fresh and healthy
less about the being wealthy;
now the heady heights would lighten -
Luton Town are playing Brighton
and the rest of this Division.
So we sort out our provision:
team and ground are at the ready
for the heights we might call heady,
not at all some titfer tatters -
heady is the place for Hatters.

Tip-top-flighting-fit.
And some of us thought
that winning the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy was it.

 

Leave a Comment

Required fields are marked *

*

*