AFL Round 12 – Haiku Bob – all the flow

 

gulls circle

the ball goes round and round

the ‘G

 

 

 

 

clouds part

Pendlebury pierces

the defence

 

 

 

 

light winds

the dull game makes the air

heavier

 

 

 

 

defensive set up

only the clouds

breaking lines

 

 

 

 

officially winter

all the flow in our play

freezes up

 

 

 

 

afternoon sun buried

the umpire calls

for a ball up

 

 

 

 

afternoon shadows

gradually extending

our lead

 

 

 

 

waiting for a goal

the bitterness

of the tea

About rob scott

Rob Scott (aka Haiku Bob) is a peripatetic haiku poet who calls Victoria Park home. He writes haiku in between teaching whisky and drinking English, or something like that.

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