no one home
he kicks it there
anyway
cloud on cloud
I struggle to remember when
we were this bad
bare trees –
the umpire plucks the ball
from the tangle of limbs
clouds snatch the sky
our only path to goal
closed off
interstate game –
is that really our team
on the TV?
light gone
the last chance
blown
the moon
not yet risen
our hearts not in it
early darkness –
our team quits
before the final siren
bitter wind –
what this team
has put me through
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.
Beautiful HB. The lament of the disappointed fan everywhere – be they Magpie or Eagle.
“I struggle to remember when
we were this bad”
The second half of the 2009 Preliminary Final the Pies were worse.
Thanks Dips!
Not bad for 2am HB.
2013 Inaugural Stockholm Archipelago Outdoor Assassin Championship Results
First Carlton 21 points
Second Collingwood 17 points
Third Geelong 16 points
Geelong struggled with the wind. Collingwood potted some superb long pots.
Credit to Carlton.
Carlton’s homeground advantage cannot be underestimated PF. Think the Pies and Cats can be well pleased with their efforts.
I’m copping a bit of stick in some quarters about the first haiku of this week’s sequence – that it may be in breach of copyright of Nathan Buckley’s game plan.
Might need to get myself a silk.
HB.