Haiku Bob – Round 21 – disembodied

 

 

late winter~

the magpie’s calls

go unanswered

 

 

 

 

Collingwood loses again

the path turns

to mud

 

 

 

 

briefly

within touching distance

but I can’t feel it

 

 

 

 

long winter ~

the empty seats

before the final siren

 

 

 

 

the Magpies

done for another year

~ only seagulls

 

 

 

 

16 goals

we lose by 16 goals

anyhow, I’m alive

 

 

 

 

 

season ending defeat

the final siren

disembodied

 

 

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. HB – love the second last thought – 16 goals but I’m alive. Beautiful.

    Earlier this season (when the Pies were flying) I made the brash statement that I would run naked up Bourke Street in Melbourne if they won the flag. I quit my training regime some weeks back.

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