Football Poets

WC2018 Day -1 haiku

¶ 1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 history haiku

¶ 2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 58 Sweden

¶ 3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 Pelé boy wonder
Garrincha wing wizard
routing Swedish hosts

¶ 4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 62 Chile

¶ 5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 Vava, Garrincha
Earthquake stricken yet on time
Chile such cool hosts

¶ 6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 66 England

¶ 7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 hat-trick hero Hurst
Ramsey’s wingless wonders
home advantage

¶ 8 Leave a comment on verse 8 0 70 Mexico

¶ 9 Leave a comment on verse 9 0 Seleção success
team goal of the century
Pelé to the fore

¶ 10 Leave a comment on verse 10 0 74 Germany

¶ 11 Leave a comment on verse 11 0 Cryuff turn, Dutch courage
Brave Jack Taylor first min pen
Mueller claws it back

¶ 12 Leave a comment on verse 12 0 78 Argentina

¶ 13 Leave a comment on verse 13 0 Kempes, Ardiles
ticker tape entrances
Junta advantage

¶ 14 Leave a comment on verse 14 0 82 Spain

¶ 15 Leave a comment on verse 15 0 Rossi on rampage
Tardelli’s frenzied pash dash
Italy hat-trick

¶ 16 Leave a comment on verse 16 0 86 Mexico

¶ 17 Leave a comment on verse 17 0 Hand of God
Mexican wave unveiling
Maradona foremost

¶ 18 Leave a comment on verse 18 0 90 Italy

¶ 19 Leave a comment on verse 19 0 Gazza’s tears breaks hearts
Placido’s vocals in tune
Brehme pen success

¶ 20 Leave a comment on verse 20 0 94 USA

¶ 21 Leave a comment on verse 21 0 penalty shoot-out
Baggio blasts sky high – lands
in Hudson River

¶ 22 Leave a comment on verse 22 0 98 France

¶ 23 Leave a comment on verse 23 0 Ronaldo riddle
Starting or not? Lost the plot?
Zidane headed pair

¶ 24 Leave a comment on verse 24 0 2002 Japan & South Korea

¶ 25 Leave a comment on verse 25 0 Hosts so humble
Ronaldo redemption rules
Asiatic first

¶ 26 Leave a comment on verse 26 0 2006 Germany

¶ 27 Leave a comment on verse 27 0 Rooney red, Ron wink
Zidane floors Materazzi
bows out as loser

¶ 28 Leave a comment on verse 28 0 2010 South Africa

¶ 29 Leave a comment on verse 29 0 Sokker Africa
Vuvuzelas and sunshine
Iniesta smile

¶ 30 Leave a comment on verse 30 0 2014 Brazil

¶ 31 Leave a comment on verse 31 1 Germans score seven
vanishing foam used by refs
hosts wish they could

¶ 32 Leave a comment on verse 32 0 2018 Russia

¶ 33 Leave a comment on verse 33 0 open tournament
prediction: poised Germany
England: no-hopers

¶ 34 Leave a comment on verse 34 0 ~ # ~

¶ 35 Leave a comment on verse 35 0 #WC2018 generic Haiku

¶ 36 Leave a comment on verse 36 0 bright sun radiates
shorts slip on so easily
World Cup fever starts!

¶ 37 Leave a comment on verse 37 0 wise words on the web
artist alights on the pitch
ball enters the net

¶ 38 Leave a comment on verse 38 0 sun, moon, stars, align
superstars create and shine
stage set for goalfest

¶ 39 Leave a comment on verse 39 0 keeper shouts “away!”
ten discordant reactions
frenemies within

¶ 40 Leave a comment on verse 40 0 everybody
wants to believe it is in
GLT says no

¶ 41 Leave a comment on verse 41 0 screaming, arms aloft
conviction guaranteed
VAR says no

¶ 42 Leave a comment on verse 42 0 no-one on the post
quick corner creates havoc
could’ve should’ve

¶ 43 Leave a comment on verse 43 0 strolls around the park
photogenic and spreads play
darling of the paps

¶ 44 Leave a comment on verse 44 0 bench-warmer
enters the fray and scores
game changer

¶ 45 Leave a comment on verse 45 0 shirts, shorts and socks
couturiers run amok
colour by design

¶ 46 Leave a comment on verse 46 0 formation planning
blanket defence to smother
park the bus

¶ 47 Leave a comment on verse 47 0 hopes on young shoulders
unburdened by past failures
swivel, shoot, score

¶ 48 Leave a comment on verse 48 0 proud moments
representing your country
kit included

¶ 49 Leave a comment on verse 49 0 holding hands
sponsored match mascots
jail otherwise

¶ 50 Leave a comment on verse 50 0 prettiness required
catwalk stars must shine so bright
Mondial make-up

¶ 51 Leave a comment on verse 51 0 Lamps: over the line
Diego’s dirty digits
both: truisms

¶ 52 Leave a comment on verse 52 0 run up to World Cup
undefeated in friendlies
hope springs eternal

¶ 53 Leave a comment on verse 53 0 football at its best
Nation unto Nation joust
every four years

¶ 54 Leave a comment on verse 54 0 colour, passion, skill
endeavour, tacticians, rules
fifty shades of play

¶ 55 Leave a comment on verse 55 0 Form. Storm. Norm. Perform.
Goal: non-elimination
Setting high standards