Haiku Bob Round 7 – Collingwood v Carlton: racing clouds

 

 

shadowy light –

talk in the stands turns

to sacking the coach

 

 

 

 

racing clouds

a chain of handpasses

falls apart

 

 

 

 

dropped mark –

distant memory of how it feels

to hold a Sherrin

 

 

 

 

clouds full of rain –

this could well end up

in tears

 

 

 

 

darker than I thought –

a goal to the arch rival

ices the game

 

 

 

 

big upset

not counting on

such a moon

 

 

 

 

a magpie

alone on a branch –

how much you’ll be missed

 

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.

Comments

  1. haiku bob says

    It’s been a sad week all round for Pies fans.
    I’m almost lost for words – which makes me even more grateful for haiku!

    The last haiku in this sequence is dedicated to Lou Richards, who I adored as a child. It is a bit of a metaphor, as magpies are renowned for having life partners. It is rare that you see a magpie alone. The partner is never far away. Except for now. RIP Louie.

    HB.

  2. Warren Tapner says

    This Carlton tragic feels your pain
    Inspired
    Hooroo Lou, and thank you
    Time to study haiku

  3. Phillip Dimitriadis says

    Beautifully expressed HB. Lou was such a huge part of our footy childhoods, his aura, lingo and sense of humour as well as his devotion to Collingwood will never be forgotten.

    As for the current custodians – the unknowns are revealing themselves -painfully.

  4. E.regnans says

    Thanks very much, HB.
    Fine words, fine absence of words.

  5. John Butler says

    Can they be unknown if they’re revealed?

    HB, I think the bad times bring out the best in you.

    Cheers (for Blues fans, anyway)

  6. HB – our footy clubs pick us up and slam us down again. The bastards.

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