misty rain ~
the win we’ve waited for
fails to materialise
forming clouds ~
taking up our positions
in the crowd
rain on the way ~
the ball gets flung
from end to end
sheets of rain ~
players going in and out
of the game
steady drip ~
the defender’s nose
gets strapped to his face
dark of the moon
no-one up forward
except bloody Jessie White
moon breaks through clouds ~
after all that
we lose

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.
Bad luck
Bob
Love your
Words,
But.