sport - the fleeting world; bubbles in a stream

July 1, 2018 What has been left

A goalkeeper’s memorial

“I played goalkeeper.
I coached high school soccer teams:
I lost interest.”

(M. Walker in the haiku A soccer report)
Liège-Tilleur (B)

March 3, 2018 Street scenes - buildings

Sporty Ougrée is sitting at the bar

“There’s a place for everything,
Everything, anything,
There’s a place for everything
Where it ought to be:
For a chicken, the hen’s wing;
For poison, the bee’s sting;
For almond-blossom, Spring;
A beerhouse for me.”

(R. Graves in Strong beer)
Seraing-Ougrée (B)

January 20, 2018 What has been left

Fitness on the junkyard

"Let us drink and sport today;
Ours is not tomorrow.
Love with youth flies swift away,
Age is naught but sorrow."

(J. Gay in Air XXII from The Beggar's Opera)
Seraing (B)

October 7, 2017 Landscapes

Seats of honour

“Farewell, my joy!
Adieu, my love and pleasure!
To sport and toy
We have no longer leisure.
Fa la la!

Farewell, adieu
Until our next consorting!
Sweet love, be true!
And thus we end our sporting.
Fa la la!”

(From Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age)
Sambreville (B)

April 22, 2017 Street Scenes

Standard de Liège

“Chanter
Le monde entier
Le Standard
Oui oui oui
Le Standard
Oui oui oui
En avant
En avant le Standard
Allons les rouges
Allons les rouges
Allons les rouges et blancs.”

(Club song Football club Standard de Liège)
Liège (B)

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A goalkeeper’s memorial

Sporty Ougrée is sitting at the bar

Fitness on the junkyard

Seats of honour

Standard de Liège