À l’heure du tout à l’image et du buzz sans suite, «l’express» souhaite faire découvrir la plume de poètes, de chanteurs, d’écrivains et de tous ceux qui jettent leur âme sur le papier, et qui mettent en mots des réflexions profondes.

(for my friends, Vandana and Kushal)

A shift from our usual poetry chats

to trendy FIFA World Cup 2026

Kushal supporter of France,

Germany and England,

sketches Messi in his unique

surrealist way

Vandana, a die-hard

of French language in refinement

sings “Allez les Bleus”

I, being overexposed to French from

childhood

have always let myself be mesmerized by

some different West-compass

The moves of Maradona,

and now, here, goes Messi,

the King of goals - bliss -

Argentina again shining on some

noticeable football map

Who will win the Final Golden Gloss?

We don’t know yet

Suspense

Anxiety

Joy

Tears

hook

In our hearts waltzing football

Amidst our verses’ midnight oil,

For 3 friends -

Poets smiling different seasons -

the sports-thread strengthens

Some cheer-depth

in between the hectic grey-black

of our immortal letters.

Bio

Vatsala Radhakeesoon

She is the author of numerous poetry books, a literary translator and an abstract artist who likes to experiment with various possibilities that bless Art.