AFL Round 11 – Melbourne v Collingwood (Haiku Bob): swanning around

Haiku Bob on Round 11.

AFL Round 10 – Brisbane v Collingwood (Haiku Bob): makeshift moon

Haiku Bob on Round 10.

AFL Round 9 – Collingwood v Sydney (Haiku Bob): start of nothing

Haiku Bob on Round 9.

AFL Round 8 – Collingwood v Geelong (Haiku Bob): a wicked curve

Haiku Bob on Round 8.

Round Eight and a bit of time out from all the close ones

Haiku with Simon Willcox.

AFL Round 7 – Fremantle v Collingwood (Haiku Bob): nowhere to go

Haiku Bob on Round 7.

AFL Round 6 – Collingwood v St.Kilda (Haiku Bob): the near side

Haiku Bob on Round 6.

AFL Round 5 – Essendon v Collingwood (Haiku Bob): odd comfort

Haiku Bob on the ANZAC Day clash.

AFL Round 4 – Richmond v Collingwood (Haiku Bob): shine of the dying sun

Haiku Bob on Round 4.

AFL Round 3 – Collingwood v Hawthorn (Haiku Bob): rain clouds and hawks

Haiku Bob on Round 3.

A Haiku in 18 parts

Something for all supporters in Jeff Dowsing’s haiku debut.

AFL Round 2 – Collingwood v Carlton (Haiku Bob): Sparkling from the rain

Haiku Bob on Round 2.

AFL Round 1 – North Melbourne v Collingwood (Haiku Bob): afterglow

Haiku Bob on Round 1.

Haiku Bob: Rising Moon

Haiku Bob’s reflection on the Grand Final.

AFL Preliminary Final – Sydney v Collingwood: September breeze

Haiku Bob reflects on Collingwood’s final game of the season.

Haiku Bob: so little done

Haiku Bob’s take on the recent West Coast v Collingwood match

seconds ticking

  august night hot puffs of breath enter the stadium     the moon witness to all the mistakes under the sun     night chill Reid rises from the mist   bare trees all authority gone from our game     Saints hit the front the stadium changes tune     long bomb the rush [Read more]

haiku bob: more than daylight

hawks glide casting shadows across the ‘G   bright winter sun – more than daylight between the two teams   static forward line winter stillness   ice cold hands even in the sunshine – the slumping star   for a moment nothing but Rioli   heavy defeat looms my life too lacks direction   packed [Read more]

already gone

cat wakes up magpies already gone   night mist – the tagger looks around for his man   rain and fog – still no sign of Cloke pouring rain a long stream of handballs rain squalls – players chase the ball to and fro Swan streams forward rain begins to clear 8 goal quarter – [Read more]

changing pitch

  four beers in things a little ragged down back and up forward     winter frost yawning cracks in the back half     Beams unsighted the moon hiding in the clouds     needing a goal from anywhere Thomas from nowhere     back in it the crowd’s noise changes pitch   wellinghamagro   [Read more]