wisteria tendrils . . .
we find a way
to win
in every place
Ginni goes
cheers and jeers
air traffic
Jamie!
Howie!
clouds break up our faltering defence
a drizzle
becomes a downpour
our lead almost gone
Hawthorn
attacking in waves –
my childhood comes flooding back
a win
that feels like a loss
starless night
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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.











…and not an autumn leaf could be heard to fall or thud…