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FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Mark Toney
Written on July 26, 2023
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Winners
In a quiet trailer park,
Just a short walk from the middle school
Where we all felt our way
Through literature, science and math,
Often silent during the worst –
Passing, but only with average scores
Our hearts were full of touchdown dreams
Moments, startled awake by the echoing
Laughter and peace – seas of smiles,
Trembling promises of the ten yard line,
Then, the fumble…
Playing throughout the evening,
Yearning for June, summertime broken
By the short stabs of thunderstorms,
Rain falling, kissing away the breathless
Promise from morning’s light, easing
Its way from golden to gray, from tender
To awake like the shaky huddles
Trailers, thin walled and easily injured,
Like bones who fall beneath the scrambling
Starry eyed – wistful and just breathless
Tackling the edge of insanity
With two hands, two arms, two – hopeful
Winning – it isn’t sinning…
Winning, running on the field who holds
Hopes and dreams, fantasies…
Blessings to hearts who know, even though
Trailer parks don’t shout success,
Often, that football field spells the best…
Champion, leader … the score of a winner!
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