(n13)

book launch
passing ice-cream eaters
pause to look in

© Gerald England

Composed: Callander, 2nd September 2005

Publications

2005 Poetry Scotland (Internet)
2006 Haiku Hikes (Internet)
2016 CALLANDER HAIKU (Callander, Diehard)

(n12)

train halted
across the Firth of Forth
Fife lies

© Gerald England

Composed: Edinburgh, 1st September 2005

Publications

2005 Poetry Scotland (Internet)
2006 Haiku Hikes (Internet)

(n11)

bus not due
making a pot of tea
last an hour

© Gerald England

Composed: Denby, 26th August 2005

Publication

2012 Bolts of Silk (Internet)

(n6 - n10): a casualty sequence

sunday morning
the taxi to hospital
takes the scenic route

***

back with coffee
she's already gone
to x-ray

***

waiting again
i finish off
her luke-warm coffee

***

large adverts
for compensation lawers
on waiting-room wall

***

no bones broken
keep on taking the tablets
go home and rest

© Gerald England

Composed: Ashton under Lyne, 31st July 2005

Unpublished

(n5)

beyond icebergs
snow-pocked peaks rise
out of the fog

© Gerald England

Composed: Davis Strait, 12th July 2005

(n4)

alongside us
white-headed birds skim
over the waves

© Gerald England

Composed: off Kap Farvel, 9th July 2005

Unpublished

(n3)

dolphins leap
seventeen miles away
our first iceberg

© Gerald England

Composed: Irminger Havet, 9th July 2005

Unpublished

(n2)

Ireland bound
we leave the dark clouds
over Wales

© Gerald England

Composed: Irish Sea, 6th July 2005

Unpublished

(n1)

out from under
a ceiling of dark blue cloud
we sail into sunshine

© Gerald England

Composed: Irish Sea, 6th July 2005

Unpublished

(e46)

above the cut
two fishermen talk
on mobile phones

© Gerald England

Composed: Croston, 26th May 2005

Unpublished

(e45)

stuck in a jam
she throws the road atlas
through the sunroof

© Gerald England

Composed: Chorley, 6th May 2005

Unpublished

(e44)

next to the golf course
a field full of sheep
and magpies

© Gerald England

Composed: Poulton le Fylde, 6th May 2005

Unpublished

(e43)

teenager
running for the bus
toast in hand

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 6th May 2005

Unpublished

(e42)

since breakfast
the snail on the window
half an inch higher

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 1st May 2005

Unpublished

(ll9)

in formation
fourteen swans land
at the pond

© Gerald England

Composed: Llandudno, 12th April 2005

Publication

2011 Shamrock (Internet)