(ll8)

model-boating lake
the gulls keep their distance
from the swans

© Gerald England

Composed: Llandudno, 10th April 2005

Unpublished

(ll6)

a single gull
on the bus shelter
nobody waiting

© Gerald England

Composed: Llandudno, 10th April 2005

Publication

2007 Ginyu (Japan)

(ll5)

atop the teapot
our breakfast butter
defrosting

© Gerald England

Composed: Llandudno, 10th April 2005

Unpublished

(ll4)

afternoon low tide
the westerly wind
whips sand duneward

© Gerald England

Composed: Llandudno, 8th April 2005

Unpublished

(ll3)

jumping the seawall
half a dozen billygoats
on the beach

© Gerald England

Composed: Llandudno, 8th April 2005

Unpublished

(ll2)

pregnant teenager
no sooner off the train
than she lights up

© Gerald England

Composed: Frodsham, 7th April 2005

Unpublished

(ll1)

playground empty
under a nearby bridge
two youths frolic

© Gerald England

Composed: Warrington, 7th April 2005

Unpublished

(e41)

above our lawn
two wood pigeons
bill and coo

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 15th March 2005

Unpublished

(e37)

promenade deck
I watch the Perseids
light the sky

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 26nd February 2005

Unpublished

*****
[Romanian translation by Andrei Dorian Gheorge]
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Publication

2005 SARM (Internet)

(e35)

reservoir edge a flock of yellow wagtails

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 21st February 2005

Unpublished

(e23)

her new false teeth
"they're not for eating with
just for looking at"

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 17th January 2005

Unpublished

Three Perseid Haiku

through the Milky Way
the tears of St Lawrence
streak

a dusky filament
drifts across Earth's orbit
raining light

boiled off a comet
thousands of years ago --
august fireworks

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 10th January 2005

Unpublished

*****
Chiar daca au maximul de activitate in august, Perseidele sunt un subiect de interes tot anul, avand in vedere faptul ca, dupa declinul Leonidelor, au ramas cel mai important curent de meteori.
Iar farmecul rezonantei lor sporeste parca atunci cand o personalitate de talia lui Gerald England, membru de onoare al Asociatiei Internationale a Scriitorilor si Artistilor, precum si editor al excelentului grup de publicatii New Hope International, dedica Perseidelor cateva creatii. (Andrei Dorian Gheorghe)

TREI HAIKU-URI DESPRE PERSEIDE
~de Gerald England~
(in romaneste de Andrei Dorian Gheorghe)

*
prin Calea Lactee
lacrimile Sfantului Laurentiu
picura lung

*
un filament de praf
pluteste peste orbita Pamantului
plouand lumina

*
fierte-n afara cometei
de mii de ani-
artificii de august

Publication

2005 SARM (Internet)

(e19)

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Composed: Hyde, 8th January 2005

Publication

2005 Haiku Scotland (UK)

(e17)

next door's cat circumlocates our shed sniffing squirrel

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 18th December 2004

Unpublished

(e16)

hailstones --
on our neighbour's cherry tree
a string of lights

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 16th December 2004

Publication

2011 Shamrock (Internet)

(e15)

new bus station
20p to spend a penny
i cross my legs

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 14th December 2004

Unpublished

(e14)

forty years married
no two dinner plates
the same pattern

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 2nd December 2004

Publication

2011 a hundred gourds (Internet)

(e13)

curtains ajar
at the top of our stairs
moon in cloud

Composed: Gee Cross, 21st November 2004

Unpublished

sijo 9

who is this a-tap-tap tapping at the window?
as I open the curtains to a still grey autumn day,
the rose-bush shakes at the departure of a dozen tits

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 14th October 2004

Unpublished

(e11)

October wind
straggling willow branches
wrap round each other

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 2nd October 2004

Unpublished

tanka 38

a man's boot
on top of the bus shelter
someone
is footloose on their way
out of Manchester

© Gerald England

Composed: Denton, 28th September 2004

Publications

2005 Anglo-Japanese Tanka Society (Internet)
2005 Poetryetc (Internet)

(zip2)

[text mislaid]

Composed: Gee Cross, 14th September 2004

Publication

2005 Haiku Scotland (UK)