AFL Finals Week 1 – Collingwood v Port Adelaide (Haiku Bob): when blossoms fall

Haiku Bob on the elimination final.

AFL Round 23 – Collingwood v North Melbourne (Haiku Bob): The softest of frees

Haiku Bob on Round 23.

AFL Round 22 – Collingwood v West Coast (Haiku Bob): faces in the crowd

Haiku Bob on round 22.

Almanac art (pen and ink): Lunchtime Footy

Kate Birrell’s young lad opened up about a game of lunchtime footy to his mum. It’s a story with a sad ending.

AFL Round 21 – Hawthorn v Collingwood (Haiku Bob): all the way back

Haiku Bob on Round 21.

AFL Round 20 – Sydney v Collingwood (Haiku Bob): Finding the thread

Haiku Bob on Round 20.

Ode to the Hartford Whalers

Ode to the Hartford Whalers celebrates the life and demise of an ice hockey team. Peter Baulderstone believes it will resonate most strongly with Doggies and Saints fan everywhere, or Roy Boys who couldn’t follow their heart to the sunny north.

AFL Round 19 – Collingwood v Essendon: slowly finding form

Haiku Bob on Round 19.

MIFF Review: Weekend of a Champion

Weekend of a Champion – the documentary following Sir Jackie Stewart – is up there with sporting documentary films such as Senna (2010), When We Were Kings (1996) and Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001).

Almanac Art: Lounge Room Footy

I didn’t go to any footy games this weekend but for some reason I feel as if I did, and not one, but many.

Almanac Art (pen and ink): Game by the Beach

Boys love a muddy oval (and a bit of footy, too).

AFL Round 18 – Collingwood v GWS Giants (Haiku Bob): Long way from home

Haiku Bob on Round 18.

AFL Round 17 – Gold Coast v Collingwood (Haiku Bob): half in the clouds

Haiku Bob on Round 17.

AFL Round 16 – Collingwood v Adelaide (Haiku Bob): each in their own way

Haiku Bob on round 16.

Almanac art (pen and ink): Sunday’s Game

For those not familiar with the routine of Sunday Morning Junior Footy….the parents are as much part of the game as the kids are. This is a game that operates in much the same way as a theatrical work in that it has many roles to be filled.

AFL Round 14 – Port Adelaide v Collingwood (Haiku Bob): no one home

Haiku Bob on Round 14.

AFL Round 12 – Collingwood v Western Bulldogs: cold comfort

Haiku Bob on round 12.

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

Haiku Bob on Round 11.

Adam Goodes – Zero tolerance to racism

Michael Viljoen presents a personal and communal view of policy and action based on inappropriate racist ideology, condemning Social Darwinism,and outlines its personal and societal impact.

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

Haiku Bob on Round 8.