THE HAIKU WORLD CUP 2010

http://haikuworldcup.blogspot.com
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

Expectant summer
Hopes raised beyond the sky
Why do we not learn?

Baddiel, Ivor
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Books/s?ie=UTF8&rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_27%3AIvor%
20Baddiel&field-author=Ivor%20Baddiel&page=1

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)

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000347418115

can't stand the suspense

T - Minus 48 hours
Viva North Korea!

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
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 massacres memories;
He leads a nation.

The Custodian!
Hail Itumelong Khune:
Squatter camp hero.

Butler, Stuart

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

Cabenda, Natasha
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1966
a floodlight in the darkness
of skewed horizons

Calway, Gareth
http://www.garethcalway.co.uk

Its the Mondial

So dont 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

more tape than leather

somewhat less than a sphere
ready for the kickoff

Corbelle, Armando

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/

just one day to go

is south africa ready?
we all hold our breath

Denaro, Dominick
http://www.facebook.com/caveboy65

The whole world watches

11 men represent
only one team wins

Denaro, Gretchen
http://www.gretchenaro.com

flag stripes -
each cheek
sun kissed

Duff, Graham

The offside rule, huh?

I will never understand.
Great football thighs, though...

Durham, Suzie

Child stares at the back

of her fathers 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

Ganar o perder.
El ltimo penalty.
Tiembla el ojo.

Gonz, Pablo

Await the whistle.

Shots not shot, dives undived; start,
Terrible beauty.

Among the cliches,

Phone-ins, wallcharts, flannel, cant:
Some games worth watching.

Official partners.
A phrase to keep you seated.
When does the match start?

Hangdog Haiku
http://hangdoghaiku.com/

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

Chips and beer season

Men hogging remote controls
Guilt-free girls' nights out

Healey, Diana

southern football feast

away from big-jaw beasties
more goalmouth action

Hegley, John
http://www.johnhegley.co.uk/
Drunken hooligans
Beer companies advertise
Bloodshed and mayhem

Horton, Chuck

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 observar

Os nobres fihos
das Amazonas querem
s a victoria
Main fuel used at games,
a sponsor gladly consumed
with famous Dutch name

Isebia, Dwight
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1803617163

Every four years

My heart resides in my mouth -
Sleep forgotten.

Ivins, Tim

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

Jrg, 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 worlds a stage"

Jones, Lewis

Thirty-two nations
Ablaze; the world awaits the
Conquering heroes

Juneau, Jennifer
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1394135955

Chips and lager meet sushi and sake

In South African savannas
You know which wins if it's Food Cup

Both flags are red and white

But we are world apart
Like chips and lager, sushi and sake

Flags come in red and white

Both playing in South Africa
Drinking lager and sake dreaming to win

Kazuko, Emi
http://www.emikazuko.co.uk

two flags
at the pizzeria
world cup

Kenney, William

Sweet ball is kicked

Eyes fixed on arcing path
Top corner screamer

Lewis, Gareth

Haiku and football?

may these worlds collide with grace
possible? lets see

Loo, Lindy
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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

after the game:

the silence
the battle-scarred pitch

McDonald, John

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, lets 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

Best shot of the day

gallus Scotsman in George Square
Wan Nil, Nae bother

Maguire, Tim
http://www.maguiretim.co.uk
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

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

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

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

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 cows legs

Girls drinking sodas

Slurp the last story
From their soccer match

World Cup tonight,

Neighbors 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
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000069925988

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
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Warm Bologna night

Right foot volley David Platt
No penalties

Quinn, David
http://dvdqnn.me

roar of the crowd

the goalie takes a leap
of faith

Raisfeld, Carol
http://www.haikubuds.com

man, in fall of life

a ball is kicked either way
meaning to long days

Sahl, Sheila Barth

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world cup soccer brings togetherness

people sharing the sport in all glory
peace be unto all of us

Samsell, Martha
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1374716461

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
...SENSATION

I heard roar of waves.

I smelled sweat rain on green grass.
a game of senses.

Senshi, Kodachi Ken

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://www.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

The stand rises up

All hands reaching for the ball
Pebble in a pool

Sullivan, Daniel
nil-nil draw limbo
the faithful leave the ground
on the defensive

Syson, Ian
http://www.staff.vu.edu.au/syson/

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

apart from your love

what else puts my life on hold?
only the World Cup

Thomas, Crispin
www.footballpoets.org
www.myspace.com/crispinthepoet

What's done is done

Football chronicles my life
And my future

Williams, Simon
www.footballpoets.org

La luna mgica
ilumina el ftbol:
Johannesburgo.

Alma mundial
con colores en Sudfrica
es un arco iris.

Ilusin de color,
el ftbl en Sudfrica:
nace la pasin.

Zarzuelo, Ana
http://revistadigitalpoeymas.blogspot.com/