Poem From A Picture: ‘A Firm Distant Memory’

IMG_1953 (1) — Flower festival Crowland Abbey, Lincolnshire, England. Summer 2019

It’s iconic now,
England versus West Germany,
countries no longer existing,
old adversaries meeting
on a dappled pitch in late July,
still embroiled in controversy;
such as goals which were not goals,
views strictly dictated along partisan lines,
or the keen eye of a Russian linesman.

copyright Francis Barker 2020

England’s Heritage in Photos: Crowland Abbey Flower Festival, Lincolnshire

Recently, there was a flower festival in Crowland Abbey church in the extreme south of the county of Lincolnshire. The theme was decades over the past one hundred years.

It’s iconic now, England versus West Germany, countries no longer existing, old adversaries meeting on a dappled pitch in late July, still embroiled in controversy; such as goals which were not goals, views strictly dictated along partisan lines, or the keen eye of a Russian linesman.

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It’s iconic now,
England versus West Germany,
countries no longer existing,
old adversaries meeting
on a dappled pitch in late July,
still embroiled in controversy;
such as goals which were not goals,
views strictly dictated along partisan lines,
or the keen eye of a Russian linesman.