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WC2018 Day 16.5 (Rest Day)

World Cup Willie

Friday, June 29th, 2018

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 I need an angle
to describe the tangle
of daily matches

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 do I relate it back
to last weekend’s garden endeavours
when hacking away

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 at the thorny brambles
of fruit-bushes running wild?
corner cleared

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 stray ball gathered
in my fancy-gloved hands
under-arm release

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 or should the tangle
relate to the ball of string
that entertained kitten

7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 and neighbours
delighting in the rescue
of a poor stray

8 Leave a comment on verse 8 0 thinking they had me
ensconced in the bosom
of the GAA

9 Leave a comment on verse 9 0 or should the tangle
relate to the copper coated cables
flexed in a corner

10 Leave a comment on verse 10 0 wiring me to the world
of round ball and brachium-free contact
with all eyes engaged

11 Leave a comment on verse 11 0 in wonderment
on refreshingly receptive
Russian hosts

Notes

Friday 29th June 2018.

rest day before the Round of 16 kicks off tomorrow.

Poem Title?
Written in Haiku similar formation, but definitely not in decreed 5-7-5 syllable bursts.

The Latin term “brachium” may refer to either the arm as a whole or to the upper arm on its own.
Goalkeeper excepted of course. And throw-ins!

To help understand the middle of the poem – I cleared out a corner of our garden, finding a long lost ball in the undergrowth, threw it out under-armed (to our pet dog Ossie).
Same weekend, neighbours of ours rescued a stray kitten.
And of course Gaelic Football (which I coach), is played using hands and feet.
GAA: Gaelic Athletic Association (equivalent to our FA)

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Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/wc2018-day-16-rest-day/