world cup poetry #5...

June 18, 2010

Serbia 1-Germany 0. Playing a man down after Klose, one of Germany’s top forwards was red-carded, Serbia took advantage. The Germans had a chance to equalize with a penalty. However, the Serbian goalkeeper made a stop to give Serbia three hard earned points.

Poetry by Serbian poet, Vasko Popa, below:

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Poetry by several German poets, including Marie Luise Kaschnitz, below:


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June 18, 2010

United States 2-Slovenia 2. The United States came back from a 2 nil deficit to tie Slovenia. A controversial call by the referee took the winning goal away from the United States. However, the United States are still alive to make it into the next round. A win over Algeria could help them get through for sure.

Links to Richard Brautigan, American poet, novelist, here.




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A link to Slovene poetry below:


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June 18, 2010

Algeria 0-England 0. Algeria pulled off one of the biggest surprises in the World Cup with this tie. England played another disappointing game. Without losing or winning, England could clinch a ticket to the next round with a win over Slovenia, which only needs to tie to advance to the next round.

Link to Algerian poet, novelist, and playwright, Kateb Yacine here:


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Dylan Thomas, British poet, below:

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June 19, 2010

Denmark 2-Cameroon 1. Cameroon was ousted from participating in the next round with a come from behind victory for Denmark. The victory allowed Netherlands to go on to the second round. Denmark and Japan will vie for second place in this group.

Two poems from Hans Christian Andersen, who was well known for his children’s stories.


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Links to poet, Bill F. Ndi, from Cameroon:

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June 19, 2010

Netherlands 1-Japan 0. In what could be described as a thriller, Netherlands escaped by the slimmest of margins. Japan is in control of their destiny, a win over Denmark in their next game and they will get into the next round.

An introduction to Contemporary poetry in the Netherlands below:

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June 19, 2010

Australia 1-Ghana 1. After a dismal first game against Germany, Australia fought for a hard-earned tie against a tough Ghana squad.

A link to modern Australian poetry below:

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Martin Elorm Dogbo, poet from Ghana, introduced here:

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June 20, 2010

Paraguay 2-Slovakia 0

Poetry by Emdad Rahman, about Paraguay’s last game against Italy.

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I wrote a poem about that game as well:

WORLD CUP: 06:14:2010

The rain falling down

in Cape Town.

The Italian blue and

Paraguayan red

march up and down

the green field.

The loud horns

pierce through

the television.

It sounds like a

swarm of hornets.

The night sky of

South Africa

brims with life.

It is just another

World Cup game.

LCB


Link to Susy Delgado, Paraguayan poet,

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Link to Slovakian poetry below.

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June 20, 2010

Italy 1-New Zealand 1. The defending champions continue to struggle in this World Cup against teams they are favored to defeat. With this tie, Italy and New Zealand remain alive in their quest to advance to the next round. However, each are in danger of being eliminated with losses in their last game of this group.

Link for Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet, below:

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A link from The Scottish Poetry Library introducing New Zealand poets here:

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June 20, 2010

Brazil 3-Ivory Coast 1. Brazil advanced to the next round with a decisive victory over Ivory Coast. The action became tense in the final minutes with Kaka being sent off with a red card in this game. The Ivory Coast was eliminated from competition. Didier Drogba playing with a broken arm became the first African soccer player to score against Brazil in this game.

A link to Brazilian poetry in translation, here.

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I found this interesting link in searching for poetry from the Ivory Coast

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Link to Tanella Boni, poet from the Ivory Coast.

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thanks for reading,

Luis C. Berriozabal