Football Blank Verse Poems

the dilemma 


a man walking home from work through the Olivera noticed 
a group of hanged men, who when alive, had argued
about the price of...

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The Spanish queen and fooball

This forenoon in Cascais was very hot, sensibly I was not going out, switched on the TV and saw the second...

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One needs to believe in good ~ not evil, 
our life is short then we go far away. 
Many believe in the heaven above, 
many...

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Back when the strange appeared uncommon, 
I knew I was just beginning 
To scratch the surface of the truth.
So I got myself a shovel.

As I...

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The round ball

 I´m stunned
by the fanatics of football
One country is in deep mourning
the winning country is jubilant.
This sport has become big business
A battle of...

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The past are memories 
 Going back to my old house in Algarve was a sad affair,
 we took the old road it is a...

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Silent grass clippers
 Why must lawn movers make such a noise?
Why do people with a garden seek to make an outdoor carpet?
Why people seek to...

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Winner takes all

 He sat on the sofa feeling disgruntled, watching TV
about a young woman who read a poem about hill climbing.
I have climbed many...

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tabula rasa


when a child has no memory
one can say clean slates, after a few days they pick up
the basic like crying when hungry
from there on...

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The choice


I could have been a farmer that was not a choice
the authority sent me there, I think as punishment for being rebellious.
I could have...

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TRIBUTE TO SAHAR KHODAYARI             
 
Football is the king of sports
Wherever you are
Before,...

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IN MEMORY OF SAHAR KHODAYARI
 
It is called Esteghlal,
It was the club of her heart
Sahar wanted to support it,
In a stadium of Tehran.
Only men could...

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Bored Out Of My Brain!

I’m home, learning how to paint
Trying not to faint
Learning the piano and 
Painting like Picasso
Isn’t really that hard
What was all the...

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Odd times
 We live in a strange time a music festival and no audience
Actors playing to empty seats, football matches without
the usual horde egging on...

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Sportsman

I don’t care so much about football
that fills the screen so often in this mad country.
I do sometimes watch the highlights but
not the whole game...

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