Haiku World Cup

THE HAIKU WORLD CUP 2010
http://haikuworldcup.blogspot.com
Watch our richest game
Turning quickly, turning slow
We play to be – not win
Adam, Mal
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001032144427
Foot friend strike thy fame

Thousand match points pints within
Globe's gain unflagged goals
Afeyan, Bedros
http://www.polymath-usa.com/
Warm Up
It doesn't bode well:
England won the friendly but
Japan scored the goals
Arksey, Neil
http://www.neilarksey.com
The World Cup returns

the triumph of hope not the
reality-pain
Austin, Helen
Expectant summer
Hopes raised beyond the sky
Why do we not learn?
Baddiel, Ivor
http://www.voiceofsport.com/article.php?AId=44
Quarter final done

English tabloid headline reads
"Spot of bother"
England's game haiku

Three lines for "Three lions"
Three beers for me.
Bake, Miles
1966
the first time I tasted
my heart in my mouth.
Beauchamp, Michael
The Haiku World Cup

It's 5-7-5 for peace
How does one score goals?
Borts, Michael (Beatnik Mike)
can't stand the suspense

T - Minus 48 hours
Viva North Korea!
60 year rematch / Yanks battle with 3 Lions / Will Americans watch?
Seven to nothing / terrified goalie flies home / Dear Leader’s not pleased….
Bowman, Michael
http://www.facebook.com/proudlearnercrew

Breen, Jim
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/japanese.html
football night
the leather couch
gets kicked
voetbalavond
de leren bank
krijgt een schop
Brouwer, Bouwe
http://www.deoudezeeman.web-log.nl
it
is
now
Buckingham, Helen
http://www.waterloopresshove.co.uk/pages/authors/helen-buckingham.php
just a friendly--
maybe I'll clean out the fridge
Early goal!
The cat can't get out of the cat flap
fast enough.
louder still
the explanations of
the offside rule
let's see that goal again--

poetry in
slow motion
Bugler Hewitt, Claire
The Vuvuzela
this plastic flower contains
some angry Bee flats
Slovenian shirts
have a mountain ranged etched
lemon on green
Who is the team coach

South Korea impress me
Huh is the team coach
With a cross to bear

against Germany the Serbs
are resurrected
A man leans alone

in his B-movie dug out
Domenech laments
Strange as it may seem / the all-whites of New Zealand / are not negative
We overachieved / once in Nineteen Sixty Six / Now England expects

Burgess, Steev
http://www.sb.internationalperformancedirectory.com/
A Rainbow Nation
Arcs across the shanty towns
Bulldozed for football
1992,
Bloody massacres occur:
Boipatong Township.
A small child survives,

That small child is now a man:
Aaron Mokoena.
This captain strides out

From massacre’s memories;
He leads a nation.
The Custodian!
Hail Itumelong Khune:
Squatter camp hero.
Butler, Stuart
http://www.footballpoets.org/p.asp?Id=26731
ANTICIPATING
ball floats and rotates
players anticipating
with head, chest and feet
MAJESTIC
mown soccer playfield
this majestic green carpet
players will be kings
HOPE
soccer arena
green is the colour of hope
part of players' dream
MOTION
soccer emotion
players like gladiators
arena on fire
BRILLIANCE
the ball draws a line
player's brilliance through his feet
golden shoes apply
pelota causa / de obsecion durante / juego d’emocion
pelota hace / imitacion planetar / solo en forma

Cabenda, Natasha
1966
a floodlight in the darkness
of skewed horizons
Calway, Gareth
http://www.garethcalway.co.uk
England 1 USA !
Brief euphoria
a butter-fingered bodging
some things never change.
A bouncing bomb ball

meets fingers of fudge
countless barbecues ruined
Colossal sorrow
a conspicuous absence
Shankley's words ring false.
Germany 4 Australia 0
On the march once more/ the slick, sickening/ ultimate football machine.
England 0 Algeria 0
Unhappy birthday
Fabio no longer fab
the airport beckons
bright, vibrant, gaudy / like a bird of paradise / it’s Cameroon’s kit.
Greece 0 Argentina 2
A watch on each wrist / maverick Maradona / ever eccentric
Cheeseman, Marvin
http://marvincheeseman.com/
It’s the Mondial

So don’t you touch that dial
Join the crocodile
Collins, Neal
http://neal-collins.blogspot.com/
England flags snapping

both sides of a car bonnet;
May heat
Collinson, Timothy
Nessun Dorma
Italia 90 song
Rest well Siphiwo
Colt, Nicholas
World Champion?
Over coffee the glow
of the sun.
Conrad, Beate
http://www.haikuglobus.org
more tape than leather

somewhat less than a sphere
ready for the kickoff
parched, bare earth

just stubbles of grass
village football pitch
barefoot forward
or designer-shod star
they all kick
Corbelle, Armando
http://haikubycatbird.blogspot.com/
http://nakedhaiku.blogspot.com/
Japan's lead goal--

the choreography of fans
rising from their seats
a goalkeeper throws in the ball

a tit pecks in the turf
Soccer city--
a dutch two goaler
sinks the Danes
Germany strike four--

a distraught quietness from
the Aussies stands
talk talk TV talk

of winners and losers
on Africa's turf
clear streets/all the way to the fruit stalls/season of World Cup
blood and guts jostle/the ball swerves into/the Swiss favour
waka waka/Brazil Korea/the goals the hugs
goal number four/coach Maradona dances/in jubilation
time out / Ronaldo drinks water / in the pouring rain
summer solstice / World Cup players / drenched in rain
Cox, Gillena (Trinidad and Tobago)

http://myblog-lunchbreak.blogspot.com/
Need to use my hands

Why can’t I use both my hands
This legs-only bites
Craig
just one day to go
is south africa ready?
we all hold our breath
Lionel Messi
making coach Maradona
look like a genius
Denaro, Dominick
http://www.facebook.com/caveboy65
The whole world watches

11 men represent
only one team wins
National Manschaft
the team of my heritage
I love when they win.
Brazilian football
Men with one name playing
World’s most gorgeous game
We say U-S-A
then we root and we toot for
the red white and blue
Denaro, Gretchen
http://gretchenaro.com/blog/
Once heroes
Flags hanging from windows
Fluttering no more
Dirs, Ben
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bendirs/
flag stripes -
each cheek
sun kissed
Jairzen-de-Peleo
that youth club match
forty years ago
Duff, Graham
The offside rule, huh?

I will never understand.
Great football thighs, though...
Durham, Suzie
Unused substitutes
Keeping the bench nice and warm:
Great place to watch from
Ellis, Huw
http://www.youtube.com/user/BBC4Divs
cool beer and warm nights
excited koreans jawflapping
the city waits to wake
Fieler Jr, Steven Douglas (South Korea)
Child stares at the back

of her father’s head
the game is what's important
Finch, Janet
http://janetfitchwrites.wordpress.com/
Someone once explained

That daft offside rule to me
I quickly forgot
Foxglove, Ann
Elfmeter
As England falter
Old rivals show how it's done
Typical Germans
England 1 USA 1
Not a bad result

But the way it was achieved
Feels like we were Robbed
Anthem
England team lines up
Some stock still, some mouths moving

But no noise comes out
Trepidation
I have this feeling

That at some point Wayne Rooney
Is getting sent off
Dream
Ninetieth minute
Crouch volley wins the trophy!
Well, it's good to dream
Garratt, Paul
http://brownroughbook.blogspot.com/
Little game to play:

soccer in South Africa
(bringing home World Cup).
Not a swarm of bees

but vuvuzela en masse:
tuneless horns of pain.
Jabulani ball
To celebrate world soccer:
South African cool.
Gaudry, Joanna
http://joannagaudry.wordpress.com/
the basso roar

of a World Cup goal
my kid’s smile
Gesmundo, Carlos
Ganar o perder.
El último penalty.
Tiembla el ojo.
Gonz, Pablo
South Africa rises

as one for a while
soccer for all
The Grumpy Swimmer
http://www.thegrumpyswimmer.com.au
Await the whistle.

Shots not shot, dives undived; start,
Terrible beauty.
Among the cliches,

Phone-ins, wallcharts, flannel, cant:
Some games worth watching.
World Cups should open

With a handshake, cut ribbon
And an announcement.
“Official partners”.
A phrase to keep you seated.
When does the match start?
Holland and the Danes:

Seen from midday couch, I slept
Where’s the expresso?
Hangdog Haiku
http://hangdoghaiku.com/
half time
my bruised shin darker
than the clouds
Harpeng, Jeffrey
One month the world stops

Spinning, the globe bends beyond
Any keeper's reach.
Africa teeming
For teams to pitch themselves on
The pitch for football.
Scotland rests at home,

Beaten in qualifiers.
God may England lose.
I refuse summer
Work for the World Cup season,
Employed in cheering.
The world loves U2

I guess, but let's see Bono
Take a scissor kick.
Only seven teams/Have won, but may glory come/For those who are eighth!
America calls/It soccer and wants more goals./Give green, not red cards.
Bulgaria cedes/Sweden's bronze in '94--/Andersson's head ends.
No television/Big enough to make it feel/Like South Africa.
Johannesburg swells,/Colors blur as players sprint,/One goal for us all.
Early games airing/Before 9 am. Better/Buy beer before bed.

Hawkins, Jeremy Allan
http://www.facebook.com/JeremyAllanHawkins
Chips and beer season

Men hogging remote controls
Guilt-free girls' nights out
Healey, Diana
South African feast

Less wild and yawning beasties
More goal mouth action
Hegley, John
http://www.johnhegley.co.uk/
plan b
vuvuzuela
marmite of the world cup
winter sun
orange giraffes feeding
above stadium canopy
Saint George
Swiss in reverse
Football for cuckoos
Group G tackle
Ronaldo’s bloodied sock
Gods wine
June downpour
Korean keeper
fumbles bar of soap
Horn, Ian
http://www.myspace.com/ianhorn
http://www.colpittspoetry.co.uk
http://www.mudfog.co.uk
Drunken hooligans
Beer companies advertise
Bloodshed and mayhem
Horton, Chuck
Les Bleus sans blessures

Champagne pour oublier vite
Les mains vides et blancs
Hovda, Jan Otto
the offside rule

pepper pot, salt shaker
toast rack
Hoy, Karen
http://www.gildedlily.co.uk
Many lads and dads,

and working class players
at grass roots level.
I have two left feet

and can't kick a ball at all
I'm so envious.
Humphreys, Simon
De leeuw heeft nu weer

zijn pantoffels uitgedaan
Gevaar op het veld
Now kicks will be used

for friendly reasons, the feet
serving sport, not war
Dutchmen walking not

for early death but to reach
Cup's final battle
Dondequiera va
la pelota, el mundo
la observará
Os nobres fihos
das Amazonas querem
só a victoria
Main fuel used at games / a sponsor gladly consumed / with famous Dutch name
AMBITION
Probably I am / too old to participate /in next World Cup games
Iberian voices / will try to prolong their stay / in the games today
Game supremacy / is now searching for new home / outside Germany

Isebia, Dwight
Every four years

My heart resides in my mouth -
Sleep forgotten.
Ivins, Tim
all minds as one thought

our eyes stare at open skies
always seeing lights
no single part lives

the equation is complete
we stand together
Jackson, Ryan
http://ryandjackson.blogspot.com/
going to live in the shed

for the whole month:
world cup rage
Jann
who wins who loses?

extreme tension in the air
eternal moment
Järg, Lehari
Countries united
Under one eternal sun
Narrowed down to one
Only one winner

But a whole lot of chances
Who will lift the cup?
A missed penalty
Plays on the minds of thousands
Please please no shootout
Goals I remember
Missed chances long forgotten
This time is our time
From the hand of God

To the greatest goal ever
To leader of men
Lace up, our heroes/Young and old the time is now/”All the world’s a stage”
Jones, Lewis
Thirty-two nations
Ablaze; the world awaits the
Conquering heroes
Juneau, Jennifer
Chips and lager meet sushi and sake

In South African savannas
You know who will win if it's Food Cup
Both flags come in red and white

But we are world apart
So much as fish'n chips and sushi and sashimi
The one is red cross, the other the sun

Flying high in South Africa
Over lager and sake just dreaming
Kazuko, Emi
http://emikazuko.co.uk
two flags
at the pizzeria–
world cup
the way
the ball bounces
U! S! A!
parking attendants
surrounding the TV –
every four years
Kenney, William
World Cup time again

Watching three matches a day
Probably get fired
Kfoury III, Fred
Hearing aid feeds back

No, But wait, I don’t have one
Ahh! vuvuzela
Grasp the air exalted
ball sails over the crossbar
wife says keep it down
Kinna, Paul
Sweet ball is kicked

Eyes fixed on arcing path
Top corner screamer
Lewis, Gareth
Defoe in the box!

Smashes it in from six yards!
Heskey, on bench, weeps.
Liew, Jonathan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/columnists/jonathan-liew/
corner kick -
my imagination
up in the air
brief hush of vuvuzelas,

players hand in hand
with the children
a kiss for the sky –

Dempsy’s first half shot
nets astonishment
friends on the terrace

singing alone to Vuma…
World Cup evening
Lindsey, Darrell
Haiku and football?

may these worlds collide with grace
possible? lets see
Loo, Lindy
el áfrica negra/colorida/baila fútbol
in black Africa
colourful football
is dancing
López, Armando Castellanos
wild flies the pig skin

players scramble to and fro
touchdown is their goal.
Loverro, Isabelle
It is summer here,
winter in South Africa;
the world is a ball.
Loxley, Liz
http://www.academi.org/list-of-writers/i/131002/
goal, goal, yes, it counts

from the sacred hand of God –
thankful on both knees
Ludwig, Horst
http://gustavus.edu/profiles/ludwig
after the game:

the silence
the battle-scarred pitch
McDonald, John
Nations divisions
Rainbow anticipation
Mankind combined
McLaughlin, Jane
Winter Training Nights
floodlit training field ~

crunchy grass
edged with silver
this rectangle of light

besieged
by darkness
each ghostly figure

carries his own
aura of steam
a sudden shout
hangs hollow
in icy silence
studs click on concrete
shed wedges
of mud
Massey, Michael
Anticipation
Planetary breath holding
Now, let’s kick a ball
Media frenzy
Tv crews from round the world
Junket journalists
Hope, expectation
Failure and disappointment
Recrimination
Red cross
On white sheet
England expects
Multicultural
South African kickabout.
Small golden trophy
Kick
Score
Win
Cheer
Understanding wife
And a supply of cold beer
Heaven here on Earth
Nationalist pride,
Expectation exceeds hope.
Hubris round corner?
Mr Capello
Keeps his men tight under wraps.
Writing excuses?
Children seek TVs

In forgotten shanty towns,
Ignoring hunger
McKean, Alan
http://www.footballpoets.org/p.asp?Id=20516
Best shot of the day

gallus Scotsman in George Square
Wan Nil, Nae bother
Maguire, Tim
http://www.maguiretim.co.uk
goal!
the radio, too, hoisted
in celebration
Mayr, Diane
http://www.dianemayr.com
http://www.randomnoodling.com
Emile Heskey, come...

Darren Bent's tiring flight home,
Lead the line with pride
Meadowcroft, John
http://www.johnmeadowcroft.com/
New chapter begins

Seeding new territory
The heart leaps and bounds
Strasburg start stirs smiles

city certainly swooning
serendipity
Meleney, Steve
http://stevemeleney.travelfhtm.com
http://www.fhtmus.com/portal01.aspx
Dribble, dribble, pass.

Dribble, dribble, dribble, pass.
Oooh! Shot on goal! Miss.
Metzger, Scott
http://www.metzgercartoons.com
Playing football,
above the stadium
a blue dove
Match of football-
just now the sun hides himself
behind a rain cloud
Beeing faught a new victory,
our football players
ignore the rain
V from Victory!
on the sportsground
lots of laurel leaves
Time out-
on the one hand bitter tears
on the other hand smiles
Neither vanquisheds
either vanquishers...
only football players
Goooooooal !
A wandering butterfly
coming in the gate
Lots of flags waving

in the southern wind-
the Football World Cup
The Earth Planet

back and forth, up and down...
another football match
Moldovan, Vasile
Vuvuzela Buzz
Traditional Dress Hand-Clap
Ruptured Plastic Throat
High Expectations
Bitter Realization
Kicking and Rushing
New Ball Make Spin Curve

Brazilian Girls in Crowd
Rapid-Fire Close-Up
Monk, Robert W
http://www.robertintheunderworld.blogspot.com
Bitter, Bitter Cold

Scotland stay at home
Please, anyone but England
Pray for penalties.
Mowat, Pete
http://www.writeoutloud.net/poets/petermowatpoetry
street soccer--
a whistling spectator
interrupts the game
Mutua, Caleb (Kenya)
http://www.caleb-haiku-collection.blogspot.com
One Nil
You pull a Cruyff turn
Score and embrace the winger
I'm left standing still
Nash, Andrew
Early morning,
Silence of bogs awakes
From shouts of frogs
Nov, Gennady
Throwing a World Cup

dance party--one song per team:
North Korea's tough.
Catalans like me
can root for La Furia
now that Franco's gone.
Oliu, Brian
http://www.brianoliu.com
Hip shake dance corner

Run scream face camera lens
Celebrate wide mouth
We are not in it
Not since 1998
Scotland fan hurting
Three lines on my shirt

Seven syllables gleaming
Penalties don't work
Watch beautiful game

Neutral supports invention
Score goal; crowd cheer loud
Football, handball, goal

Maradonna celebrates
Decision breaks hearts
Countries united
2010 FIFA world cup
Sporting spectacle
Fantasy football
Choose 10 wags then get Messi
Every hole a goal
Ord, David
Shot on goal:
Grandpa adjusts his Yankee cap
To block the sun
From the sidelines,

Soccer mom reads the rulebook
Before cheering
Hot Kansas pasture,

Boys pass the soccer ball
Between the cow’s legs
Girls drinking sodas

Slurp the last story
From their soccer match
World Cup tonight,

Neighbor’s TV flickers
Behind fireflies
Ortolani, Al
http://www.littlebalkansreview.org
The game rages on.

The teams strive to win the goal.
Good luck to them all.
Palaca, Erwin
for the U.S. team

getting past the elephants
is the real triumph
thousands of England fans

silenced by Robert Green's slip
causing goal for USA
jolt for the World Cup,

Spain loses to Switzerland
Ending their run of twelve straight wins
a strong Germany
defeats Australia
scoring two goals in each half
Payne, Nan Bagwell
The wizard’s cross.

The butterfly transforms
The ball in goal
Piccini, Toni
http://www.tonipiccini.it
Green grass --
In a colourful ball
the world's wishes
Piranio, Maria Rosa (Italy)
hunt that goalie down

feed ‘im to
the fishes!
Potts, John
http://starturl.com/HaikuCrossroads
Spain is in trouble
too many injured players
can they still succeed?
FIFA World Cup Games

The best teams in the world play
To claim the big cup
Soccer or football?
Whatever you call it now
It is the world's Sport!
Priest, Neal
Warm Bologna night

Right foot volley David Platt
No penalties
Quinn, David
http://www.wordsdept.co.uk/davidquinn
Siphiwo Ntshebe Haiku

Siphiwo Ntshebe
green globe sought your dulcet tones
death dealt you a hand
Tailored by Stepney Haiku

cut above the rest
chain mail for national team
tailored by Stepney
Dunga’s North Korean sweater Haiku

Gross fashion faux pas
horrified would be granddad
still it was chilly
England fans haiku

savings after bills
to hail rail Rooney in World Cup
a verbal volley
Brazil 3 – 1 Cote d’Ivoire

Awed referee
wryly asked Fabiano
did you do it sir?
Rahman, Emdad
http://www.football-poems.com/
roar of the crowd

the goalie takes a leap
of faith
Raisfeld, Carol
http://www.haikubuds.com
http://www.pixelbuds.com
Green fingers buttered

Oaths were shouted or muttered
World Cup start stuttered
Rennie, Simon
I hear anthems:
two teams are ready;
whistle blows.
One long night:

blare of horns, cheers….
mixed results.
Roberts, Tim
Do not ever think

Haiku makes football clever
An oxymoron
Robertson, Cameron
man, in fall of life

a ball is kicked either way
meaning to long days
Sahl, Sheila Barth
world cup soccer brings togetherness

people sharing the sport in all glory
peace be unto all of us
Samsell, Martha
Stop and join the world.

Drink life from a single cup.
Together now: Ah!
Satterlee, Thom
http://www.theglobalgame.com/satterle.html
World Cup Stolen 1966

Not knowing Pickles
They think it's all over
Until his late sniff
Italia '90
Ref deals yellow card
Gazza weeps real lions tears
Turin cloud no fake
2010
World Cup Africa
England's big game safari
or Heart of Darkness?
Singing A Capello
Ei aye adio
steely nerved Fabio
sharpening his squad
Blame it on Rio
England's Archduke has fallen
on the eve of war
Make some noise

Ready for the World Cup
she checks her vuvuzela
and gives me the horn
Hector
Copa Mundial
El Peru no estara
ya fue Chumpitaz
Scott, Michael
http://www.cabracancha.blogspot.com
U.S.A. ‘wins’ draw

England expects to win game
We can read the game
Sells, Jim
http://www.literacytrust.org.uk
...SENSATION
I heard roar of waves.
I smelled sweat rain on green grass.
a game of senses.
Senshi, Kodachi Ken
Triangles of men
open lanes where there were none,
running through my dreams
This haiku is inspired by my own years as a football (soccer) player. Even when I was sleeping, my
mind would replay games and see open lanes.
Shovan, Laura
http://authoramok.blogspot.com
favourites England:
America saved thanks to
Green's slippery hands
Simmons, Keith
Haiku exhausted
Summer Two Thousand And Two.
Any excuse though.
Smith, Mike
http://www.facebook.com/tyrannosaurus.amazing
Football Fever Peak

Welcome Global Visitors
Awesome time awaits
Football Fiesta
Fans cheer all world cup countries
Goals scored boost team spirit
Smith, Theresa
http://sawn.co.za
My floral Poppy
Didn't know who Gazza was
This year she better!
Smyth, Rob
http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/robsmyth
green of the meadows

the shade of the tree's labour
look at his trousers
Spencer, William
world cup announcers -

it takes a linguist
to compare accents
Sterba, Carmen
http://www.haijinx.org/
http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/category/essences/
Milagres são tão

comuns e recorrentes
quanto lágrimas.
Sugano, Rafael
http://www.facebook.com/rafael.sugano
The stand rises up

All hands reaching for the ball
Pebble in a pool
Sullivan, Daniel
World Cup games

keep them fun
keep them fair
It’s only a game
may the best
team win with pride
Sunderland, Terry
World Cup flight

In 3-4-3
formation
beneath grey skies

seven sparkling goals
from Portugal
Surridge, Andre
Close your eyes and we’ll

miss you! Tomorrow we’ll diss
you! Remember the
one that got away…

And while our boys try to play,
we’ll write them off ev-
ry-da-ay – cos that’s

where our Na-tio-on excels
Recrimination,
we will save for you

oo-oo – achill-eed own goal,
we will save for you!
Swift, Isobel
nil-nil draw limbo

the faithful leave the ground
on the defensive
Syson, Ian
http://www.staff.vu.edu.au/syson/
sitting entranced
ball in the air
one kick its a goal
Tarantello, Natalie
World Cup love is in the air

fasten your keyboards
to say how we'll do
in seventeen syllables
is very diffic
Africa awaits
what can fire and move us all?
only a football
watching England haiku

three lines on a page
can’t describe the stress
watching England play
vuvuzela haiku
vuvuzelas blare
Tshabalala la la
as Bafana score
without Essien haiku

without Essien
Arthur Wharton would be proud
Ghana live to dream
apart from your love

what else puts my life on hold?
only the World Cup
Thomas, Crispin
www.footballpoets.org
www.myspace.com/crispinthepoet
Group stage football

poorly played
too often
Trecker, Jamie
http://www.jamietrecker.com
Comienzo Mundial
Equipos, GOL, Hinchadas
Y el Mundial termina
Liviano Balon
El Mundo te mirara
Lo haras Gritar
Verde espera,
Para mojar remeras,
Sudor, lagrimas.
Venancio, Fernando
World Cup soon –

the grass verge flutters
with bindweed flowers
Webb, Diana
inflated hopes
higher than the clouds
what a kick
she passed out

in midst of wild cheering
intermission
goal left corner

knocked over the snack tray
foul, no goal
Whitman, Neal
http://www.whitmanassociates.org
What's done is done

Football chronicles my life
And my future
Williams, Simon
http://www.footballpoets.org
La luna mágica
ilumina el fútbol:
Johannesburgo.
Alma mundial
con colores en Sudáfrica
es un arco iris.
Ilusión de color,
el fútból en Sudáfrica:
nace la pasión.
Zarzuelo, Ana
http://revistadigitalpoeymas.blogspot.com/

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THE HAIKU WORLD CUP 2010

Foot friend strike thy fame

The World Cup returns

Quarter final done

England's game haiku

The Haiku World Cup

can't stand the suspense

60 year rematch / Yanks battle with 3 Lions / Will Americans watch?

let's see that goal again--

Who is the team coach

With a cross to bear

A man leans alone

We overachieved / once in Nineteen Sixty Six / Now England expects

A small child survives,

This captain strides out

pelota causa / de obsecion durante / juego d’emocion

pelota hace / imitacion planetar / solo en forma

A bouncing bomb ball

bright, vibrant, gaudy / like a bird of paradise / it’s Cameroon’s kit.

A watch on each wrist / maverick Maradona / ever eccentric

It’s the Mondial

England flags snapping

more tape than leather

parched, bare earth

Japan's lead goal--

a goalkeeper throws in the ball

Germany strike four--

talk talk TV talk

clear streets/all the way to the fruit stalls/season of World Cup

blood and guts jostle/the ball swerves into/the Swiss favour

waka waka/Brazil Korea/the goals the hugs

goal number four/coach Maradona dances/in jubilation

time out / Ronaldo drinks water / in the pouring rain

summer solstice / World Cup players / drenched in rain

Cox, Gillena (Trinidad and Tobago)

Need to use my hands

The whole world watches

The offside rule, huh?

Child stares at the back

Someone once explained

Not a bad result

England team lines up

Some stock still, some mouths moving

I have this feeling

Little game to play:

Not a swarm of bees

the basso roar

South Africa rises

Await the whistle.

Among the cliches,

World Cups should open

Holland and the Danes:

One month the world stops

Scotland rests at home,

The world loves U2

Bulgaria cedes/Sweden's bronze in '94--/Andersson's head ends.

No television/Big enough to make it feel/Like South Africa.

Johannesburg swells,/Colors blur as players sprint,/One goal for us all.

Early games airing/Before 9 am. Better/Buy beer before bed.

Chips and beer season

South African feast

Les Bleus sans blessures