Skip to main content
Work with the NEU
Tim Wells - My Sad Hooligans
Well Versed is edited by Jody Porter

My Sad Hooligans
After Thom Gunn

One by one they slip to birds,
curries, darkness.
Saturday night never lives to its promise,
though a nod and a wink sometimes does.

These men we have been
and could have been.
Wasted force spent with passion;
initials pissed against the wall.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Similar stories
21st Century Poetry / 19 August 2026
19 August 2026

by Ayo Ayoola-Amale

21st Century Poetry / 29 July 2026
29 July 2026

by Mary Gilonne

21st Century Poetry / 24 July 2026
24 July 2026

by Alistair Findlay

21st Century Poetry / 8 July 2026
8 July 2026

by Rosie Jackson