Round 5 – Haiku Bob: the little good
gritty defeat
making stock
from the bones
long after birds
the chirping
of the umpire’s whistle
waiting
for the jam to set
we get the wobbles
the lull
of the crowd
Howe mid-leap
waxing moon—
the Daicos boys emerging
from their shadow
shorter days—
in a flash
they get away from us
whisky—
the little good it does me
after a loss
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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.
Love it, HB
that one about the ump’s whistle chirping long after birds yep