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Fifa To Me

FIFA To Me

If this be the nineteen sixties,
A new state that is, Hawaii.

What know we, of soccer to be,
Ice skating, where it is sunny?

Neither sport was known to us all,
But football, baseball, basketball.

This query poised to me this day,
With presence of mind, hear I say,

Of what I know, throughout my life,
Of what interest will it incite,

Where none had existed before,
Granted, it opens a new door,

But, late in my life, friends and
Family are more important,

That sparks a want within my heart,
Equal with those, who takes in part,

This twenty nineteen FIFA Cup,
Be it Women or Men gears up,

Nay, ghostly vagueness touch my heart,
So to this, I will not take part.
                            
                               ~~ Signed me.

2019 June 07

*4th Place*

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
~~Mark Toney
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019


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Date: 7/12/2019 3:56:00 PM
William, thank you for sharing this most interesting perspective with us. The couplet form was a nice choice for this. And I really like your the graphics you chose. Congratulations on your fourth-place win in my contest! ~Mark
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Date: 6/7/2019 10:35:00 PM
Well penned, William.
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Hilo Poet
Date: 6/7/2019 10:51:00 PM
Methinks, doth I protest too much, eh! Aloha William
Date: 6/7/2019 9:08:00 PM
I know nothing of the World Cup, but William, this seems like a winning poem to me.
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Hilo Poet
Date: 6/7/2019 10:32:00 PM
Speaking me mind, be it the usual of this old, "....!" Thanks Caren! Aloha William
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