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It is a cliché
the better team lost the match
so proud of the boys
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by Scooj
Tag: England
England v France (part 1)
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Anticipation
any outcome possible
powerless, we hope
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by Scooj
3941. M32 Cycle path (141)
I was lucky enough to meet Mest when he was painting this piece, just a couple of days before the Italy v England Euro 21 cup final. Perhaps the less said about the result of that match, the better, although being an Italophile, losing to the Italians wasn’t so bad.
Mest wasn’t at all what I expected, but then I can’t think of a single artist who looked anything like I thought they might before I met them. His simple large letters in white are embellished with a large red cross through the middle to create a Mestivellian St George cross, The whole thing neatly bound with a black and blue border. A nice patriotic football piece. I must be getting close to having enough of his work for a gallery.
Silver lining
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Dark clouds lingering
England put under the sword
Saka my hero
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by Scooj
Final(ly)
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This Italophile
makes no apologies for
cheering on England
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by Scooj
The hope
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Three lions enter
warming to this England side
it begins again
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by Scooj
Quarter final
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We’re drawn together
a collective ambition
England and Saint George
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by Scooj
England v Germany
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Two old enemies
battle it out on the pitch
to the victor, spoils
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by Scooj
Parsley in my ears
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Waiting for the boy
to watch the match together
the joy of playback
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shut out all noises or clues
I’ll put parsley in my ears
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by Scooj
This is a rather cryptic Tanka which I am composing while waiting for my son to get home from his late shift so that we can watch the England v Scotland match together on playback. I have to guard against hearing the neighbours shouting or turning on the radio or even using my phone in case I see or hear anything that might give away the score.
Putting parsley in my ears is an oblique reference to an Asterix cartoon book ‘Asterix the Gladiator’ in which the Roman soldiers put parsley in their ears so that they wouldn’t hear Cacofonix the bard singing, such was the dreadful noise he made.
Good omen
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England victory
bodes well for the Gunners in
the North London derby
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by Scooj
Natural adventures 