finally autumn —
stacking up
whistles and boos
sticky night —
nothing
sticks
first game —
the debutant
calls for it again
two goals down still holding hands
season opener —
Pendlebury
still Pendlebury
waxing moon —
the game turns
our way
old legs —
still there
at the siren
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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.
love it, HB.
Happy season 2026.
Play on.