(tn5)

skateboard park iron bars at the entrance to the church

© Gerald England

Composed: Playa de las Americas, 4th February 2006

Publications

2006 The Sons of Camus Writers International (Canada)
2007 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)

(tn4)

country music club
across from its burnt-out shell
a hedge of purple

© Gerald England

Composed: Playa de las Americas, 4th February 2006

Publication

2006 The Sons of Camus Writers International (Canada)

(tn3)

purple flowers opposite burnt-out remains of mini-golf

© Gerald England

Composed: Playa de las Americas, 4th February 2006

Publication

2007 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)

(tn2)

two palm tree a ladies old bicycle parked between

© Gerald England

Composed: Playa de las Americas, 1st February 2006

Publications

2006 Time Haiku (UK)
2007 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)

(tn1)

lift music wafts down the corrider into our rooms

© Gerald England

Composed: Playa de las Americas, 4th February 2006

Publication

2007 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)

(as1)

Ogling a cold earth
twenty-thousand light years off
in the Milky Way

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 26th January 2006

Publication

2006 Meetings in Dejhagascar (Internet)

*****
ochind un pamant rece
doua's'demii ani-lumina-n
Calea Lactee

-Gerald England (U.K.)-

(in romaneste de Andrei Dorian Gheorghe)

Publication

2006 Festivalul de Cosmopoezie (Internet)

Haibun 060125 (y3-y9)

As I walk through the cemetery on my way to the dentist, I notice several yellow triangular signs
this memorial
is unsafe -- do not tamper
with its support
and elsewhere
gravestones laid flat
lest they fall upon
the living
As I step smartly on I ponder if I'm early or late for my appointment but
the town hall clock
is stuck on half past eight
today or last night?
The dentist has finally acceded to the directive of over a year ago that all businesses should be made accessible to mobility impaired clients
climbers are warned
of the presence of a stair-lift
still cardboard-wrapped
After the dentist I go shopping in the supermarket
the check-out girl
puts too many heavy items
into a single bag
On the way home
traffic-lights down
drivers look out for each other
vehicles flow freely
The taxi-driver answers my earlier query. Parts of the town centre have been without electricity since last night. He tells me about a town in Holland where they have removed all traffic lights and road markings. The traffic is flowing 30% more freely than before!
a loose melon
rolls out of its plastic bag
as the taxi corners

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 25th January 2006

Unpublished

(y1)

toasting the new year
with a glass of last year's wine
and a mince pie

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 1st January 2006

Unpublished

Waiting Backwards

WAITING BACKWARDS

zealously guarding his innermost thoughts
yellow crocuses in a vase
xeroxing plans for a party
winter storms keep the ferry in port
vacuuming the carpet her latest fetish
under lock and key his collection of used underwear
tempted by the salesman's offer

surrendering her endowment policy
resolving the argument in adjacent beds
quaint tearoom serves hard cake
preparing for work the stripper gets all dressed up
only one customer through the door of the pub with no beer
neon lights above the bordello
master cueman escapes the snooker
licking his lips at the bride's first meal
kingfisher hovers over the motorway
january sales brings traffic gridlock
in the gallery next to the nude a portrait of mary
holy mountain hell for climbers
gulls wheel behind the cruise liner
fog-bound passengers phone their loved ones
early morning terrier barks at the milkman
dreading the needle a middle-aged man shivers
caught short the little girl squirms mother looks cross
blue flowers in a vase are starting to wilt
always the long wait to see the doctor

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 31st December 2005

Publication

2006 Shadow Train (Internet)

(n30)

blue shimmer
within the holly hedge
a discarded bike

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 25th December 2005

Unpublished

(n29)

Christmas day
through the cemetery railings
holly with berries

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 25th December 2005

Unpublished

Mid-December

MID-DECEMBER

A full moon shines
over the morning frost;
the lanes are full of late-fallen leaves;
walking across the mulch
is almost as tricky
as treading over ice.

In town the carol-singers are in
crowding the shopping-mall,
while a group of muffled musicians
play by the outside market.

This year but two robins
on the early christmas cards;
the squirrel still runs along the fence
skirting our newly-erected shed.

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 17th December 2005

Publication

2007 Famous Poets and Poems (Internet)
2008 The Seventh Quarry (UK)
2008 Poem of the Day Podcast (Internet)
2008 Canada Pine (Internet) [unauthorised publication]
2009 God's Own Country (Internet) [unauthorised publication]
2010 Nordinho (Internet) [unauthorised publication]
2010 Bradwell Bugle (Internet) [pdf file] [unauthorised publication]
2010 The Real Handbag Shop blog (Internet) [unauthorised publication]
2010 Metro Run & Walk (Internet) [unauthorised publication]
2010 NorthWest Native Plant Journal (Internet) [pdf file] [unauthorised publication]
2011 Today with J P Ronan (Internet) [unauthorised publication]
2011 Within 4 hours reach (Internet) [unauthorised publication]
2012 Your Daily Poem (Internet)

There are several other unauthorised publications to be found on the internet - several sites have cloned all the work on the Famous Poets site. Some of those sites appear to harbour malware.

(n26)

a mile away
the roar of the crowd
at the match

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 26th November 2005

Unpublished

(n25)

a curled cat
on the car's bonnet
frosty afternoon

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 26th November 2005

Unpublished

(n21)

still tasting
the whale-meat pizza
in Nuuk

Composed: Gee Cross, 20th September 2005

Unpublished

(n20)

5p coin on ground
I pause briefly decide
not worth bending

© Gerald England

Composed: Hyde, 16th September 2005

Unpublished

(n19)

pip's coffee house
pert-breasted waitress
wipes the table

© Gerald England

Composed: Callander, 7th September 2005

Unpublished

(n18)

on the cobblestones
of the riverside path
a white feather

© Gerald England

Composed: Callander, 4th September 2005

Publications

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

(n17)

ducks ripple
through an alder's reflection
babies follow

© Gerald England

Composed: Callander, 4th September 2005

Publications

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

(n16)

Ben Ledi
ignored by Munro-baggers
low mist

© Gerald England

Composed: Callander, 4th September 2005

Publications

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

(n15)

how many bells?
low walls and distant hills
echo back

© Gerald England

Composed: Callander, 4th September 2005

Publications

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

(n14)

prodigal daughter
barbecues aubergines
blue smoke

© Gerald England

Composed: Callander, 3rd September 2005

Publications

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