In the spirit of Camaraderie – today’s word of the day.
Today’s Word of the Day is Camaraderie
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Camaraderie
Month: June 2018
Summer Of Sixty Six – Part Five
Then it was France
And 2-0 again
Hunt with both goals
To help England win and
In case you’ve not noticed
They’d not let one in.
Two wins and a draw
So England are through
But the Germans are talking
Of Franz Beckenbaur.
Elsewhere some surprises
The Brazilians are out
The favourites are ousted.
We’re in with a shout.
The Italians, God Bless them
Why they’ve gone home too
1-0 North Korea
They’ll have to lie low.
A Hoax
It’s a hoax, a scam, a total fix
Surprised that you could fall for this.
The claims are false, a pack of lies
Youd walk away if you were wise.
He’s always doing stuff like this
You ought to give the guy a miss.
Don’t be fooled get taken in
Or listen to the likes of him.
He’s always on the look for fools
Gullible the ones he’ll choose.
Give me a break
For goodness sake.
It ain’t the truth.
It’s just a hoax.
via Hoax
Hoax
Today’s word of the day is Hoax.
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Summer of Sixty Six – Part Four
So it’s back to the football
Without more ado
To see what the white shirted
English will do.
Two games from the knock outs
And much left to do
Who’ll be the heroes
To pull England through?
Next up are Mexicans
And Bobby Charlton
Holds sway.
2-0 to the English and
We’re on our way.
You’ll never believe me
But I’ll swear to this day
That his shot for the goal
Burst through our TV!
Shrinking
you learned to shrink
for a family that liked
it’s daughters invisible
my whole family
lurked invisibly
for generations
in the corners of rooms
or on barrack room bunks
silent till summoned
quiet in the land
you learned the art
of being empty
believing them
when they told you
you are nothing
we never needed to be told
we knew our place
waiting in the shadows
to fulfil our better’s needs.
or die obediently in their wars.
Remainers (Triolet)
Why did today’s word of the day remind me of Brexit? 19 million voted for Brexit and 18 million voted against.
Remainers
The people spoke and some were heard
But some were not and they’re still cross.
Some eighteen million were ignored.
The people spoke; not all were heard.
They will pretend we all concurred.
But some still say, ‘Who speaks for us?’
The people spoke and some were heard
But some were not and they’re still cross.
Some eighteen million were ignored
So forty eight per cent were cross.
The people spoke not all were heard.
For eighteen million were ignored.
And can’t accept what has occurred.
The Brexit vote divided us.
For eighteen million were ignored.
And forty eight per cent are cross.
Where is there now to place a cross
For those who ask, ‘Who speaks for us’
And grieve the referendum lost?
Where is there now to place their cross
For those who feel a sense of loss?
Remainers ask, ‘Who speaks for us?’
And plot where now place to their cross
Their question now, ‘Who speaks for us?’
via Moiety
Moiety
Gosh have to look this one up. Word of the He day is moiety!
Today’s Word of the Day is Moiety.
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Summer of Sixty Six – Part Three
So now back in England
They’re set to begin
The teams have assembled
In four groups of four.
Three games for England
If they want to progress
Uruguay, Mexico
And neighbours France.
Uruguay first up and we couldn’t wait
Not knowing the opponents
Had come to frustrate.
So the game we had waited for
Finished nil nil.
We were left disappointed
But expectant still
For a journey to glory
It was a slow start
But closer to home
Was a much bigger thrill.
Full compensation
For a boring nil nil.
I have missed out a chapter
For it’s important to know
Of an important event
As detailed below.
You won’t understand
From your wired up world
We’d not got a telly
With being abroad.
We had to accept we would not see
Programmes in English or only a few.
So to get a TV was quite a big step.
Yet events were unfolding
We just had to see
So we came up with the cash
For a rented TV.
Imagine the excitement
When we first got our telly
It was just black and white,
The picture not great
And not in a language we understood
But we’d got a telly so life was all good.
To be continued
Summer of Sixty Six – Part Two
Rheindahlen was a school bus ride
The largest base around
But we were based at Wickrath then
With German neighbours round.
Just a few flats where we lived
Canadian and English
Not much to see or much to do
But kick a ball
And wriggle through
Imaginary defenders.
We’d play on any patch of ground
Back then kids were allowed to
So leave us on our make do pitch
And move on with the story
As I shift the scene to Wembley’s green,
And coming English glory.
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