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Are You Here To Be Part Of It All ? World Cup 26

Crispin Thomas

Friday, May 29th, 2026

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 it’s starting to get pretty close now
we’re right on the cusp of the start
but with all of the stuff goin’ on in this world
are we poets still up to take part?
we’ve been here before in Russia – Qatar
and we’ve moaned but we’ve penned stuff the same
do we turn a blind eye or just pass it all by
in spite of our love for the game?

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 there are so many reasons to boycott
but so much to miss if we do
and it feels like a common dilemna
for me and I’m sure for you too
but we’ve kept it a thing since we started
so this is a last minute call
we’d love you to send us your thoughts on the games
to be here and a part of it all

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 so I write as I wait in this classroom
where we help kids of nine and of ten
and we help with their reading through football
again and and again and again
and I look at their faces of wonder
that I felt when I was their age
for the game that I love and its still beating strong
in their heads on a pitch or some page

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 and I don’t hear no hint of a boycott
no mention of Trump or Iran
no mention of Gaza or Israel
and how all this killing began
no focus on Putin or Ukraine
though it’s hard to avoid when you’re young
but all that I hear is just how they can’t wait
til this World Cup has fin’lly begun

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 so whatever you feel in this moment
and whether we rise or we fall
let’s go on this journey together
and just write and be part of it all

Notes

OK. Another re-working of a song/poem I wrote and performed live loads with my band Out To Lunch (who are currently Out To Pasture! (For now.)

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Source: https://footballpoets.org/poems/are-you-here-to-be-part-of-it-all-world-cup-2026/