In September, Per Diem: Daily Haiku features guest-editor Rob Scott’s collection on the theme of “Sport.” This is what Rob offers by way of an introduction to his theme:
Sport and haiku, surprising perhaps to many, are not the strangest of bedfellows. While haiku is traditionally concerned with the connection between nature and human nature, most sports are played in nature’s elements. A sporting season is often marked by the changing of the seasons, and a team or individual’s fortunes can turn on a blustery winter gale or the sapping heat of a summer’s day.
Nature is present in many of the haiku that follow. But it is not the only setting. Sport is embedded in our social, professional and domestic lives. As players and spectators, it lives within our hopes and dreams and the limits of our imagination. As occasional observers, it forms the backdrop of our everyday lives. All of these aspects of sport, and more, are captured by the authors in the following collection. It’s been a privilege assembling it and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did in putting it together.
over the right field fence!
thanks, Rob – great haiku, Randy
Ellen
I mistyped your name! Should have said Rob, not Ron.
Rob,please delete if possible.
Will send haiku.
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dad and son
a wasp on the knuckle
as he talks football
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Alan Summers
Presence #48
Nice one Alan!
Thanks for sharing.
Rob.
wading through waters
angry protestors lament
the falling ducks
Very poignant take Barbara.
One of sport’s many guises.
Thanks for sharing!
Rob.
Guess I should give my ex a little (very little) credit for this. I wrote this back in the 70’s when I lived in California and played more tennis tournaments than he thought I should!!
Red satin, white cotton
Sweet sweat, pink lips
1st and ten, let’s do it again!
Very nice Lorraine!
Another different take.
Thanks for sharing.
Rob.
I’ll be enjoying each ku in this series, Haiku Bob. 🙂
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Fashions on the Field —
my bet on the filly
that won in wet
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– Lorin
Good to have you here, as always, Lorin.
Cheers,
Rob.
wide of
the goal posts
autumn wind
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Stephen A. Peters
Well the first one of the month made me smile, Rob. 🙂
Looking forward to reading the rest of your selection.
marion
Thank you Marion!
Hope you enjoy what’s to come!
Cheers,
Rob.