down another falling



new season starts
at the 10 minute mark
I catch my breath






first quarter
the umpire plucks the ball
from the clinging pack






dusk deepens one more missed goal






the debutant’s
first shot at goal
straight through the middle






MCG in March
Buddy’s skied hook
post-high






Cloke drags down another falling leaves






alone inside fifty
just Buddy
and his man






sultry night
our defence
in bits






entering time-on
what’s left
of the moon











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.

Comments

  1. Rick Kane says

    Lovely Me Haiku, lovely. You are a blessed reminder that footy can and should be interpreted in 100’s of different ways.

  2. Rick Kane says

    That should have been “Lovely, Mr Haiku, lovely”.

  3. Phil Dimitriadis says

    Beautiful stuff HB,

    Whose going to replace Krakouer and Leon this year, not only in the team, but in your Haiku?

  4. Wonderful. A good haiku says more about the feel of a game than a thousand word match report. Welcome back.

  5. haiku bob says

    good question phil.
    buddy and rioli appealed most this week….i guess i have a slant there.
    but haiku always offers me an out.
    if you lose, talk about the weather!

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