The English Midfield
Without being asked
I have just taken ten minutes
to explain to my wife
the problem with the English midfield
I used a salt shaker
a pepper grinder
and a fresh lemon
she will never get those ten minutes back.
So, for example, if the Conservative government in England was to implode tomorrow over Brexit and at the same time, the English soccer team was to lose to Croatia in the World Cup, those two events would be considered to be “tumultaneous”.
Note: To date, The Daily Jolt (my cynical attempt to boost traffic on my blog) has not been a success that roars, but still I am enjoying it because I appear to be inspiring myself, self-jolting, so to speak…..
If you are inspired by or use the jolt word, let me know through a comment or link.
(in the England-Tunisia World Cup game which England won 2-1, the Tunisians had one shot on the English goal, 4 attempts.)
The English Goal Keeper Reflects…..
It’s lonely back here
hoping nothing will happen
that fear when it does
(how does my hair look?
are these gloves too big?)
The Story So Far
Messi’s misery
the agony of Neymar
Christiano’s joy.
Why Ireland Failed to Qualify for World Cup 2018
On the day my brother and I
organized a soccer game
on the playing fields
of Oatlands College,
Mount Merrion, Dublin,
an assault of Christian Brothers
descended from the big house
like a murder of crows
their black soutanes flapping
in the wet winter breeze
descended with one aim
and one aim only –
to remove the scourge
of this foreign game
from the green Catholic fields
of Ireland.
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