Haiku Bob on Friday night’s rain-soaked game
Variations on a Theme
April 11, 2014 by 4 Comments
Steve Duffy fills us in on the finer points of poetry – footy style. Has Haiku Bob found a match?
AFL Round 2 – Collingwood v Geelong: Haiku Bob – Down to the Wire
April 8, 2014 by 2 Comments
Haiku Bob ponders another losing performance.
AFL Round 2 – Sydney v Collingwood: an extra second
April 1, 2014 by Leave a Comment
It’s all Pendlebury; all Collingwood.
haiku bob – bits and pieces
March 20, 2014 by 8 Comments
Haiku Bob was in Melbourne (from Sweden) to submit his thesis on the history of Australian haiku. He is caught in a bidding war between the producers of My Kitchen Rules and Biggest Loser for the rights to the mini-series. He also went to Docklands to see his beloved Pies on Friday night.
The last ball of the last Test
January 7, 2014 by 7 Comments
Vin Maskell with the ultimate metaphor.
What do you want on your Toast?
December 18, 2013 by 2 Comments
A summer-time treat from the Almanac’s artist-in-residence Kate Birrell. A tasty treat. Pretty as a picture.
Poetry: The first ball of the first Test
November 18, 2013 by 8 Comments
Vin Maskell offers some blank verse that touches on something elemental in first encounters of all kinds.
How to play Cricket
November 11, 2013 by 1 Comment
Young Fraser Sutherland shares a poem that beautifully captures the temperament of the bowler.
AFL Grand Final Haiku – Hospital Kick
October 8, 2013 by 7 Comments
Here is the result of the first real-time global footy haiku kukai thanks to its convenor Haiku Bob. (Classic – ed)
Poetry: The Brownlowest Night of My Life
October 5, 2013 by 5 Comments
Paul Molloy makes his Almanac debut with a narrative poem about footy and love.
AFL Finals Week 1 – Collingwood v Port Adelaide (Haiku Bob): when blossoms fall
September 13, 2013 by 4 Comments
Haiku Bob on the elimination final.
AFL Round 23 – Collingwood v North Melbourne (Haiku Bob): The softest of frees
September 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Haiku Bob on Round 23.
AFL Round 22 – Collingwood v West Coast (Haiku Bob): faces in the crowd
August 29, 2013 by 7 Comments
Haiku Bob on round 22.
AFL Round 21 – Hawthorn v Collingwood (Haiku Bob): all the way back
August 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Haiku Bob on Round 21.
AFL Round 20 – Sydney v Collingwood (Haiku Bob): Finding the thread
August 14, 2013 by 2 Comments
Haiku Bob on Round 20.
AFL Round 19 – Collingwood v Essendon: slowly finding form
August 8, 2013 by 2 Comments
Haiku Bob on Round 19.
AFL Round 18 – Collingwood v GWS Giants (Haiku Bob): Long way from home
July 29, 2013 by 2 Comments
Haiku Bob on Round 18.
AFL Round 17 – Gold Coast v Collingwood (Haiku Bob): half in the clouds
July 25, 2013 by 4 Comments
Haiku Bob on Round 17.
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