Soccer World
Who Would Have Thought?
so many poems
Exist about soccer?
We think of European football
and mom's in minivans with lawn chairs.
Who would have thought
Soccer started in China?
The great Han dynasty
kicking leather balls into small nets
and then the modern sport began;
in England of course.
Another way the East and West are United!
King Edward III saw danger early on
exclaiming "Na man play at the Fute-ball"
Long before the riots
and rampages of today's hooligans.
Frustration rises in spirited fans
when entire games pass
only once getting to cheer "GOAL".
Who would have thought
a patterned leather ball
Could unite and divide great Nations?
Cheers to the World Cup!
Published by April Bair
April Bair writes a little bit of everything. She considers herself a project oriented person and sees life and work as a series of new projects. Living an ex-patriot life in Heidelberg Germany as a child... View profile
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- Soccer began in China centuries BC.
- Called soccer in American and Football almost everywhere else.
- Played all over the world.