Summer, Football and Fate

in #poetry6 years ago (edited)


Football Might Be Coming Home


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On a hot summer's morn
When there's not much to see
The garden is parched
And water butt's empty

Time stand stills
A nation awaits
Clock watching 'til three
To accept their fate

But I'm going out
And I might be alone
But time will tell
If it's Coming Home!

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References for those who don't what this poem is about 😂

In 1996 there was pop hit called "It's Coming Home" that has held the hopes of the nation in relation to football every since.

One of the lines is "30 years of pain". Hmmm, well that would now be 52 years of pain. That's how long it is since England won the World Cup.

Here's a link to the original hit:

And here's a link to a selection of paradies that have been doing the rounds and are pretty funny/clever:

Three o'clock is when the England v Sweden match kicks off which, if we win, will see us progress to the semi-finals.

Both videos are from YouTube and I pinched the two lines about the parched garden from @steevc who wrote them in a post of his own that has nothing to do with football!

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There's a pub in my town that watches a lot of English soccer. I was going to watch game there but its 7am game here. So I will probably watch at home... Good luck!

Well I'm predicting a 2-0 win @steven-patrick so it will probably worth watching. 😂

Wow I didn't realize you were such a football prognosticator haha

Neither did I @steven-patrick but now I need to go and look up what "prognosticator" means. Although, I'm going to take a guess that it means one who predicts things as in prognosis.

One moment . . .

Yep. I was right. And you were also right, my prediction skills are uncanny. 😂

Thank you @gillianpearce... I was wondering what time it was 🏐

Ha, ha, ha @cryptocriad. Glad to be of service! 😁

if we win

Optimism please... When we win! 😝

OK. OK. @sivehead.

I predict a 2-0 win then 😂

Wow, a hindsight psychic! Lol

How much did you win on that bet? Haha.

Enough to make me a dolphin so you'd better be nice to me @sivehead! 😂

I also might tell the odd fib or two.

Woah , It was wonderful. No doubt , You've got amazing creativity.

Lots of love
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Thank you @hash-tag. I like to o something a little bit different when I can/ 😁

Ha ha some chance! It will be a miracle if they win.

Ha, ha, ha @molometer. Of ye of little faith. Eat your words! 😂

Did no-one tell you "it's coming home"? 😂 😂 😂

@gillianpearce, heh, Your team won this game. Please accept my congratulations. But my team will fight with Croatia and it will happen in 20 minutes. Luck will not prevent us, but we need a beautiful game. So I'll be back after the match.

Sorry to see your team went out on penalties @madlenfox. I know what that feels like. England have gone out on penalties many, many times.

Hope the atmosphere is not too sad in your city. 😢

Of course, it is a pity that the games are over for our team. We're proud of these guys. They really did their best. This is the first time in the history of Russian football to move so far. But the celebration continues. Now, the final games will be held only in Moscow and St. Petersburg. This means that we will see the happy culmination of this holiday. Thank You @gillianpearce

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Yay England indeed @melinda010100.

I've been told "It's coming home". 😂

Thanks for posting those videos. I kept hearing references to The Three Lions, but had no idea what they were talking about!

The tune is beginning to drive me a bit nuts now. It's one of those you can't get out of your head. And people are walking around singing it or playing it on car stereos.

The word were very appropriate when it had been 30 years since England had done much in football and, since then, another 22 years have passed, so you can imagine, getting to the semi-finals is a big deal.

I'm a new fan, so I have a lot to learn! My son and grandson are big fans and gave really got me sucked in!

You will have a few more days of hearing it, no doubt!

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