pre-match
warming up
against each other’s thighs
tangled branches
our back line
a mess
embarrassed
once again on the field
we call home
signs of spring
I cannot see –
late season slump
the same hands
that held the cup
fumbling the ball
winter fog
cursing
the loss
winter’s hold –
everything that brings me here
still here
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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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