Football Poets

WC2014 : Day 7 thru 13

¶ 1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 Day 7

¶ 2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 haiku

¶ 3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 abdication done
La Roja crown removed
Mondial mourns

¶ 4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 ~ # ~

¶ 5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 one dimensional
tiki taki tattered
end of an era

¶ 6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 ~ # ~

¶ 7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 Chile chose:
Short, sharp and inventive
Beating the reigning champs
Was their incentive

¶ 8 Leave a comment on verse 8 0 Spain saddled with:
Tippy, tappy
But no longer had the legs
To keep it snappy

¶ 9 Leave a comment on verse 9 0 Note:

¶ 10 Leave a comment on verse 10 0 Wednesday 18th June, 2014

¶ 11 Leave a comment on verse 11 0 Spain 0 – 2 Chile
Australia 2 – 3 Holland
Cameroon 0 – 4 Croatia

¶ 12 Leave a comment on verse 12 0 Day 8

¶ 13 Leave a comment on verse 13 0 England, oh England
the worst thing you did
was give us hope –
just a glimmer
a smidgen
a taste
but then
you waste
too many passes
too much possession
too many opportunities…
a sad, sad night

¶ 14 Leave a comment on verse 14 0 in the dawning of the light
the next day is no better –
on the weather map:
all I see is barometric depression
when driving:
all I see is dead ends
on the laptop:
it’s access denied
the business forecast:
economic hardship set to last
and just like all the flags
our hearts are at half-mast

¶ 15 Leave a comment on verse 15 0 Note:

¶ 16 Leave a comment on verse 16 0 Thursday 19th June, 2014

¶ 17 Leave a comment on verse 17 0 England 1 – 2 Uruguay
Colombia 2 – 1 Ivory Coast
Japan 0 – 0 Greece

¶ 18 Leave a comment on verse 18 0 Day 9

¶ 19 Leave a comment on verse 19 0 What’s worse than watching England lose?
Watching rivals having to do us a favour –
and where those rivals – are equally hopeless
they’ve obviously caught the England malaise
are now in danger themselves
of exiting at the group phase!
Costa Rica qualify, astonishingly,
out of a group of four, they are
the only non-previous winners
and yet – they are the shining star,
burning bright – and so cohesive
their squad a unique constellation
but there’s nothing anyone can say
to give us consolation

¶ 20 Leave a comment on verse 20 0 ~ # ~

¶ 21 Leave a comment on verse 21 0 Not delivering on promises

¶ 22 Leave a comment on verse 22 0 Mario’s through on goal …..
Lizzie puckers up
The thought must be off-putting, for…
I won’t carry the rhyme through
For decency’s sake
Let’s just say
The crown need not quake

¶ 23 Leave a comment on verse 23 0 Note:

¶ 24 Leave a comment on verse 24 0 Friday 20th June, 2014

¶ 25 Leave a comment on verse 25 0 Italy 0 – 1 Costa Rica
Switzerland 2 – 5 France
Honduras 1 – 2 Ecuador

¶ 26 Leave a comment on verse 26 0 Confirmation: that England are now out of the tournament

¶ 27 Leave a comment on verse 27 0 In the build-up to the game, Mario Balotelli declared that if he scored and rescued England’s slender hopes, then he wanted a reward of a kiss from the Queen!

¶ 28 Leave a comment on verse 28 0 Day 10

¶ 29 Leave a comment on verse 29 0 Just one moment
just one, magical, sublime, mo-ment
of absolute brilliance
a nano-second of opportunity
is all it took
to leave poor Iran
totally shook

¶ 30 Leave a comment on verse 30 0 it came late, late, in the game
but brought no shame
on Iran
who stifled Argentina
they even had chances of their own –
but even a clear penno, wasn’t blown

¶ 31 Leave a comment on verse 31 0 Note:

¶ 32 Leave a comment on verse 32 0 Saturday 21st June, 2014

¶ 33 Leave a comment on verse 33 0 Argentina 1 – 0 Iran (Messi – who else?)
Nigeria 1 – 0 Bosnia-Herzogovina
Germany 2 – 2 Ghana

¶ 34 Leave a comment on verse 34 0 Day 11

¶ 35 Leave a comment on verse 35 0 The least attractive fixture
Brought a hatful of goals
So much for our foresight
Oh we, of such cynical souls

¶ 36 Leave a comment on verse 36 0 Algeria caught the eye
With their passing so bright
Team work and cohesion
Last 16 is in sight

¶ 37 Leave a comment on verse 37 0 Note:

¶ 38 Leave a comment on verse 38 0 Sunday 22nd June, 2014

¶ 39 Leave a comment on verse 39 0 USA 2 – 2 Portugal
Belgium 1 – 0 Russia
South Korea 2 – 4 Algeria

¶ 40 Leave a comment on verse 40 0 Day 12

¶ 41 Leave a comment on verse 41 0 I didn’t see much
(in fact: nothing)
of the Dutch

¶ 42 Leave a comment on verse 42 0 first day in a new job
so I had to stay
to impress

¶ 43 Leave a comment on verse 43 0 same pressure
for Brazil
but Neymar’s caress

¶ 44 Leave a comment on verse 44 0 ensures
that they thump
the Cameroun

¶ 45 Leave a comment on verse 45 0 Neymar bags a double
they were never really in trouble
top the table and over the moon

¶ 46 Leave a comment on verse 46 0 Note:

¶ 47 Leave a comment on verse 47 0 Monday 23rd June

¶ 48 Leave a comment on verse 48 0 Brazil 4 – 0 Cameroon
Mexico 3 – 1 Croatia
Holland 2 -0 Chile
Australia 0 – 3 Spain

¶ 49 Leave a comment on verse 49 0 Day 13

¶ 50 Leave a comment on verse 50 0 not saucy enough
hungry Suarez injects
extra added bite

¶ 51 Leave a comment on verse 51 0 Note:

¶ 52 Leave a comment on verse 52 0 Tuesday 24th June

¶ 53 Leave a comment on verse 53 0 Japan 1 – 4 Colombia
Greece 2 – 1 Ivory Coast
Costa Rica 0 – 0 England
Italy 0 – 1 Uruguay (Suarez bites again! Unbelievable. This time, Chiellini)