Round 3 – Haiku Bob – Covid footy
shortest day —
early goals
the difference
Covid footy —
tackles echo around
living rooms
winter solstice —
the sun within touching distance
of Howe
invisible enemy lingers —
De Goey appears
from nowhere
restrictions tightened —
nothing getting through
our back six
new hotspot —
a queue forms
in the Magpie forward line
confirmed case
of a false positive —
Saints ‘run’ ends at one
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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.

Clever, clear and enjoyable, HB!
HB, your form matches your team’s. :)
Less is more – concise, precise.
Or, in more verbose terms, the TV commentators, in particular, could learn a lot from HB.
Excellent.
Love the word play.