autumn equinox
seeing the lesser side
of our line-up
early autumn
rearranging the deck chairs
in our forward line
final siren
carefully calibrating
my melancholy
a loose thread
in my footy scarf
defence getting stretched
sliding to defeat
all the beers in the bar
half-empty
narrow defeat
the jagged edges
of the stadium
crescent moon –
a flicker of worry
after the defeat
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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.
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