Round 12 – Haiku Bob: raking leaves
autumn colours
the blushes
of Hawthorn supporters
crisp autumn night
the acoustics
of the grandstand
raking leaves . . .
Elliot’s goals
pile up
the leaf
that won’t fall . . .
Bobby clings to one
crescent moon
how thin
Hawthorn’s resistance
celebrating the win
as if I have
achieved something
beating Hawthorn
the news
can wait
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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.
Excellent HB, even if it does come at my team’s cost. Wouldn’t say we were blushing so much as sore from having our jaw drop every time Elliot got near the ball. Loved the crescent moon stanza. Onya
Raking kicks
Sicily still
under the heel
Superb HB
Simply superb.
Ta