Taking his lead this week from E regnans’ Floreat Pica Society review of Melbourne v Collingwood, and dreaming The Drones’ magnificent track, Shark Fin Blues, Haiku Bob brings you your weekly footy Haiku fix.
Haiku Bob – Round 17: the last break
July 29, 2015 by 2 Comments
It’s still summer holidays in Sweden and Haiku Bob has been whiling away the days in the Stockholm archipelago which, along with the 5.10 am kick-off (!), has crept its way into some of this week’s haiku….
Haiku Bob – Round 15 – Steady Drip
July 16, 2015 by 1 Comment
Three straight defeats and nobody up forward “except bloody Jesse White”… the rains are falling on Haiku Bob’s Magpies.
Almanac Poetry – Red and White
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Jan Courtin shares a poem for the Swans she wrote in 1957
Haiku Bob – Round 14 – just another day
July 8, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Haiku Bob’s meditation on Phil Walsh and Collingwood’s mighty effort against Hawthorn. Two events not mutually exclusive.
Jarrad Waite and the Hand of God
July 4, 2015 by 3 Comments
An ode to Jarrod Waite with his 200th game approaching against the Blues
Round 13 – Haiku Bob: through the lines
July 2, 2015 by 2 Comments
Haiku Bob’s response to a tight contest in Perth.
The spectre of the polo club
July 1, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The Brisbane Polo Club yesterday went the way of A.B. Paterson’s Geebung counterparts, falling off their ponies to become spectres of the past, when the club officially wound up after having sold its home of a quarter of a century, the notable Naldham House. While the poetic polo club of ‘Banjo’ Paterson fame and their opponents [Read more]
Round 13 – Sydney v Richmond. Sketchbook Review; Buddy’s Fizz
June 29, 2015 by 14 Comments
Kate Birrell on Buddy’s Bump from Friday night. “What came over you?”
Sundays, Too Far Away
June 26, 2015 by 15 Comments
Schwish tells a good yarn about his dislike for going crabbing with his family every Sunday between 1969-1972.
Two Sick Kids and a Toyota Camry
June 26, 2015 by 5 Comments
Craig Dodson shares his disastrous journey from Wagga Wagga to Melbourne and back with his family.
An ode to the overlooked: ‘The Ruined Ringer of the Riverina’
June 26, 2015 by 7 Comments
Tom Martin responds to JTH’s piece with a poem.
Opportunities to See the Biggest Event in Kyoto
June 19, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Yoshi on what supporters from all AFL clubs can get out of seeing the biggest event in Kyoto- Gion Festival.
Haiku Bob – Round 11 – fifty the sky
June 18, 2015 by 2 Comments
The moments when silence says it all: Haiku Bob on the lengthening winter shadows that oversee a Collingwood victory.
Kultur, Crocodiles, Cats and Glittering Couples und mehr…
June 14, 2015 by 1 Comment
Stephen Alomes finds himself in the home of the Berlin Crocodiles. As 2pm Saturday rolls around and with the footy a million miles away, he casts an eye over the Swedish Royal Wedding. [Footy Almanac – always first with your European Royal news – ed]
Round 10 – Haiku Bob: the joyful sounds
June 10, 2015 by 1 Comment
Haiku Bob and the joyful sounds at the G
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