warm up –
Leon practices kicking
opportunistic goals
my entire life
coming here not knowing
what will happen
waiting for the moon –
we can’t get it out
of the middle
daylight savings ends –
Collingwood whittles away
the light
approaching dusk…
the moment between
winning and losing
shades of pink
in the ghost gum –
Josh faces the dying light
my life in the balance Leon makes it a one-point game
after I’m done
rationalizing the loss
we win
last gasp win beer stains no regrets
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.
HB – magnificent. What a heart stopping finish.
Brilliant, incisive poetry. Keep it coming.
So often extreme emotion triggers such majestic simplicity.
thanks for the kind words chaps.