Some good haikus on the World Cup from this week’s New Statesman competition:
Singing English fans
Embrace the art of haiku –
“Three lines on a shirt”— R Ewing
Japan could have won
With their proven formation
Of five-seven-five— Gordon Gwilliams
A stage for two things
That bemuse America:
Football, and the world.— John Bevis
Autumn is early
decked in the reds and yellows
from bad referees— Kevin Smith
Only the last contains a reference to the passing of the seasons, but they are all very fine.