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Poems tagged ‘Qatar2022’

Hosts humbled by Ecuador

Emdad Rahman

Sunday, November 20th, 2022

Qatar 0-2 Ecuador

Sizzling opening scenes in Qatar
A launch with the good and great
The hosts struggle to get far
After a poor game at Al Bayt

It was all too a comfortable win
Enner Valencia’s double
Had VAR not got in
It would have been a treble

It’s the first time a host
Loses the opening match
Next up on the signpost
Are Senegal and the Dutch

20.11.22

the wandering londoner
© emdad rahman

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Let’s Boycott Qatar

Crispin Thomas

Tuesday, November 8th, 2022

let’s boycott Qatar
it’s wrong for heaven’s sake
however little diff’rence
our non-viewing will make
let’s go watch a small club
while games go on at home
while they just greenwash endlessly
to justify their own

let’s boycott Qatar
FIFA need to know
let’s protest while it goes on
this ugly blood-drenched show

from BBC to BT
from ITV to Sky
a shame on ev’ry pundit
who does not raise an eye
while in their gushing build ups
you’d never even know
it wasn’t just in Europe
the usual World Cup show

let’s boycott Qatar
their antiquated rules
where power walks and money talks
to make us watch like fools
and shame on those who grab a buck*
to be our pawns out there
bigging up a government
devoid of love and care
for those who suffer in the heat
exploited ’til they fall
and those whose sexuality
will tread a diff’rent call

so let’s boycott Qatar
although they won’t relent
I’ve never ever felt like this
before a tournament
let’s go watch a small club
it isn’t hard to do
and while the big boys have a break
there’s one not far from you
and let us just anticipate
the Women’s World Cup too
and not far off in Germany
the Euros will come through

so let’s boycott Qatar right now
it’s wrong for heaven’s sake
however little diff’rence
our non-viewing will make
let’s go watch a small club
as games go on at home
while they just greenwash endlessly
to justify their own

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Qatar ~ Not In My Name

Crispin Thomas

Thursday, October 27th, 2022

migrant workers meagre wages
lacking in support
dying in the searing heat
in the name of sport
all are welcome so they claim
we know that’s not true
there’s no understanding
of LGBTQ
women made to live within
the power of the men
forced to gain permission
time and time again
if they wish to travel
or study overseas
they must ask their husbands
who do as they please
made to cover shoulders
short skirts are a no
modesty’s insisted on
ev’rywhere they go
living with a set of rules
hard to understand
freedom is a far off dream
in this desert land
will our fans behave out there
will we watch like fools?
in a country following
prehistoric rules
in our once called People’s Game
FIFA once again
choose the most unsuited hosts
but not in my name

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Qatar ~ Will We Watch Or Not?

Crispin Thomas

Friday, October 7th, 2022

oh dear another four years on
and just like Russia and South Africa
the question arises again
Qatar – will we watch or not
and equally will we write poems about it ?
the football that is

yeah it’s that time guys
you know with or without fan zones
will our fans behave (those who can even afford to go that is)
to another ever-questionable location ?
where yet again disgustingly overpriced tickets flights and packages
make this a rich men and women’s tournament full stop
and where through it all
England try once more to not be too embarassed

so welcome to a Winter World Cup
welcome back to FIFA : (‘Failing In Football Always’?)
let’s say another hello
to their ever-big money-making-and corrupt-ego-fest
welcome to Qatar
a place that controls 13% of global oil reserves
where players will still tackle ridiculous heat
where temperatures reach 25C (77F) in November and December
where human rights barely exist
where being LGBTQ means nothing but a life in fear
where same sex relationships are illegal
where long-unheeded dangerous working conditions
for poorly paid and exploited migrants
has brought suffering debt and death
where alcohol is restricted in public places
and where their strict laws on public behaviour (including swearing)
make us ponder if old-chesnuts like:
‘your support is f****** sh** will make the cut ?

so here we are …as ever…confused angry and disappointed
on how-post Blatter and Platini
our once-People’s Game plummets to further depths
and we ask what’s changed…four years on
but just like Russia and South Africa…
the question arises again
Qatar… will we watch or not
and equally will we write poems about it ?
the football that is

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Qatar 2022 – Haiku

Paul H Tubb

Sunday, February 13th, 2022

I won’t be watching
the World Cup this year, Because,
Well it’s obvious.

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