Christmas Eve, 2008

Christmas Eve morning
do I really need any
last minute shopping?

© gerald england

Composed: Gee Cross, 24th December 2008

Publications

2008 Winter Haiku (Internet)
2008 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)

A contribution to Skywatch Friday.

Linking to the Christmas Bloghop at Lunch Break

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down the line
someone is waiting
for love

gerald england

photo of Brinnington Station © 2008, Gerald England.

Composed: Gee Cross, 22nd December 2008

Publication

2008 Winter Haiku (Internet)

A contribution to Sunday Bridges at San Francisco Bay Daily Photo and Blue Monday.

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Crux over Gemini Observatory, Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Photo: © Ovidiu Vaduvescu

in a cold field
on the other side of my world
the southern cross

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 12th December 2008

Publications

2008 Cosmopoetry (Internet)
2008 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)

A contribution to Skywatch Friday.

(d41)

nothing on the tree
Christmas spenders hurry
to the heated mall

Gerald England

photo of Trafford Centre © 2008, Gerald England.

Composed: Gee Cross, 10th December 2008

Publications

2008 Winter Haiku (Internet)
2009 Haiku Scotland (UK)

Republished as a contribution to Outdoor Wednesday.

(d40)

the back way home
under the holly hedge
whitened leaves

© 2008, Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 3rd December 2008

Publications

2008 Winter Haiku (Internet)
2009 Haiku Scotland (UK)

Republished as a contribution to Our World Tuesday.

(d39)

autumn mist
slipping and sliding
towards winter

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 29th November 2008

Publication

2008 Autumn Haiku (Internet)

Republished as a contribution to Scenic Weekends.

tanka 43 (Sally Walsh's Dam)

Sally Walsh's Dam
down Dicky Sykes Lane
near the turkey farm;
Dad told us not to walk there
for dead dogs are drowned therein

© 2008, Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 25th November 2008

Publication

2008 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)

The photograph dates from 1967.

A contribution to Outdoor Wednesday and Water World Wednesday.

paradox (d38)

below the M6
above the penny ferry
a sea-bound ship

words & photo © 2008, Gerald England.

Composed: Gee Cross, 8th November 2008

Publication

2008 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)

The original photograph was taken in 1975. The ferry referred to cost 11p in 2003 apparently, and the M6 bridge is now rather wider.

Republished as a contribution to The Weekend in Black and White and Sunday Bridges at San Francisco Bay Daily Photo.

(d37)

shade all gone
swept into a soggy pile
on cracked concrete

words and photograph © 2008, gerald england

Composed: Gee Cross, 8th November 2008

Publications

2008 Autumn Haiku.

Republished as a contribution to Orange You Glad It's Friday.

Bill Higginson gone

Bill Higginson gone
a giant has made his final leap
tears in the pond

© gerald england

Composed: Gee Cross, 12th October 2008

Publication

2008 Autumn Haiku.

Read also William J Higginson: in memoriam.

Serendipity

autumn pleasures
the rusting roller-coaster
remains behind

© gerald england

Composed: Gee Cross, 4th October 2008

Publications

2008 Autumn Haiku.
2008 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)

Republished as a contribution to Our World Tuesday.

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over the fence a fallen sunflower flood water

© gerald england

Composed: Gee Cross, 15th September 2008

Publication

2008 Autumn Haiku.

Republished as a contribution to Monday Mellow Yellows.

smoke

market entrance
a thrown down cigarette
still smokes

© gerald england

Composed: Gee Cross, 13th September 2008

Publication

2008 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)
2009 Haiku Scotland (UK)

Republished as a contribution to Monday Mellow Yellows.

behind green steel

behind green steel
hide scarlet berries
an autumn find

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 6th September 2008

Publication

2008 Autumn Haiku.

Republished as a contribution to Friday Fences.

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Photograph © 1997 Valentin Grigore.

Valentin Grigore who granted me permission to use his photograph is the founder of SARM (Romanian Society for Meteors and Astronomy). Their 2008 project was an Intercontinental Astro-ecological Verse Tournament celebrating the centenary of the first Romanian astronomical society.

The rules were to compose one-line astropoems with maximum 20 syllables, adorned by celestial images as ecologic arguments.

My own contribution was

Hale Bopp's tail hovers another crop of early potatoes

Composed: Gee Cross, 4th August 2008

Publications

2008 Cosmopoetry (Internet)
2008 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)

Republished as a contribution to Skywatch Friday.

tourists with cameras

which way to turn
always looking through a lens
not seeing

© 2008, gerald england

Composed: Gee Cross, 26th July 2008

Publications

2008 Summer Haiku (Internet)

See my contributions to Stockholm by Plenty.

Republished as a contribution to Our World Tuesday.

(d30)

hilltop
the cyclist pauses
to analyse clouds

© 2008, gerald england

Composed: Gee Cross, 18th July 2008

Publications

2008 Summer Haiku (Internet)
2009 Haiku Scotland (UK)

Republished as a contribution to Skywatch Friday and The Weekend in Black and White.

through a window

I've given up
researching Latin names
now watch the birdies

text & photograph © 2008, gerald england

Composed: Gee Cross, 6th July 2008

Publication

2008 Ackworth Born, Gone West (Internet)

Republished as a contribution to Camera Critters.

(d29)

half the year gone
daisies and buttercups
soon to be mown

© 2008, gerald england

Composed: Gee Cross, 30th June 2008

Publication

2008 Summer Haiku (Internet)

Republished as a contribution to Outdoor Wednesday.

Doorway (Hyde Theatre Royal)

Hyde Theatre Royal
the rescue plan is onward
to the last exit

text & photograph © 2008, gerald england

Composed: Gee Cross, 29th June 2008

Publication

2008 Ackworth Born, Gone West (Internet)

Republished as a contribution to Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors.

For more information, view my photos from the Heritage Open Days at Hyde Theatre Royal or visit the Theatre Royal Onward website.

Tallin

TALLIN

Tallinn welcomes tourists;
we are greeted at the pier head
given a free map and picture postcard.

In the New Town
department store windows
hide away their wares,
behind doors of glass and steel.
.
At the handicraft market
a Delboy-lookalike
sells us dolls.

Up Viru's ancient cobbles,
past money-changers and McDonald’s
crowds flock to the Town Hall Square;
jostle for bargain souvenirs
from numerous stalls.

Step away from the crowds;
turn a corner into the fifteenth century --
houses with dirty white-washed walls,
windows with wooden shutters
and three hundred year old paint.

There is peace on the periphery
of humming busy-ness.

When we leave on the evening tide
waves of Estonian enigmas break.

© Gerald England

Composed: Hyde, 18th June 2008

Publication

2009 Sons of Camus International Writers Journal (Cyprus)

tanka 42

the transient tulip
may come again next year
the permanent stone
grows a covering of moss
or is hidden under leaves

photo & tanka © gerald england

Composed: Gee Cross, 14th June 2008

Publication

2008 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)

Republished now as a contribution to Monday Mellow Yellows.

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Photograph ©GiuCe from Truxillo Daily Photosilent cactus
up the distant hill
a road zig-zags

© gerald england

Composed: Gee Cross, 11th June 2008

Publication

2008 Haiku Scotland (UK)

Republished now as a contribution to Scenic Weekends.

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the moor
white with cotton-grass
no sign of Keith

© gerald england

Composed: Wessenden Head, 9th June 2008

Publication

2008 Summer Haiku.

Republished now as a contribution to Outdoor Wednesday.

Tallin (3)

off of Viru's
heaving mass of visitors
a street called "sauna"

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 8th June 2008

Publication

2009 Sons of Camus Writers International Journal (Cypress)

Republished now as a contribution to The Weekend in Black and White.

Tallin (2)

Laboratooriumi —
grass in cracks under wooden doors
so quiet

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 8th June 2008

Publications

2009 Sons of Camus Writers International Journal (Cypress)
2009 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)

Republished now as a contribution to The Weekend in Black and White.

Tallin (1)

old merchant's house
six centuries of grime
clings to walls

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 8th June 2008

Publication

2009 Sons of Camus Writers International Journal (Cypress)

Republished now as a contribution to The Weekend in Black and White.

St Petersburg (3)

The horse tamer
has shod two out of four
Anichov Bridge

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 8th June 2008

Publication

2009 Sons of Camus Writers International Journal (Cypress)

Republished now as a contribution to The Weekend in Black and White.

St Petersburg (2)

Sunday afternoon
in the square by the Hermitage
world tourists throng

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 8th June 2008

Publication

2009 Sons of Camus Writers International Journal (Cypress)

Republished now as a contribution to The Weekend in Black and White.

St Petersburg (1)

Russia's Venice
from this one bridge
eight bridges to be seen

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 8th June 2008

Publications

2009 Sons of Camus Writers International Journal (Cypress)
2009 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)

Republished now as a contribution to The Weekend in Black and White and Sunday Bridges at San Francisco Bay Daily Photo.

Helsinki (3)

by the station
two blondes in short skirts
discuss fashion lines

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 8th June 2008

Publication

2009 Sons of Camus Writers International Journal (Cypress)

Republished now as a contribution to The Weekend in Black and White.

Helsinki (2)

Temppeliaukio
organ chords reverberate
through solid stone

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 8th June 2008

Publication

2009 Sons of Camus Writers International Journal (Cypress)

Republished now as a contribution to The Weekend in Black and White.

Helsinki (1)

fish market
next to the herring stall
second-hand books

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 8th June 2008

Publications

2009 Sons of Camus Writers International Journal (Cypress)
2009 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)

Republished now as a contribution to The Weekend in Black and White.

(d16)

distant views
denied by full-leaved trees
the evening sun shines

© 2008 gerald england

Composed: Gee Cross, 14th May 2008

Publication

2008 Summer Haiku (Internet)

Posted now for the letter D at ABC Wednesday.

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first of May
in the rose bush
a fresh feeder

text and image © 2008 gerald england

Composed: Gee Cross, 1st May 2008

Publication

2008 Spring Haiku (Internet)

Republished as a contribution to Camera Critters.

(d15)

simply waiting
among greens and yellows
a blooming blackbird

text & photograph © 2008, gerald england

Composed: Gee Cross, 27th April 2008

Publications

2008 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)

Republished as a contribution to Camera Critters.

(d14a)

daffodils dead
dandelions and daisies
take over

© gerald england

Composed: Gee Cross, 26th April 2008

Publication

2008 Spring Haiku (Internet)

(d14)

West Window
the whole spectrum
filters through

text & photograph © 2008, gerald england

Composed: Gee Cross, 20th April 2008

Publications

2008 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)
2008 BUILDING (British Haiku Society, UK)

The location of the photograph is Leeds Parish Church.

Republished as a contribution to Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors.

(d13)

cold Saturday
when it is time to go home
ah the joy!

words & photograph © 2008, gerald england

Composed: Gee Cross, 23rd March 2008

Publication

2008 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)

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Easter day afternoon daffodils thrive on snow melt

words and photo © gerald england 2008

Composed: Gee Cross, 23rd March 2008

Publication

2008 Spring Haiku (Internet)

(d11)

Easter Sunday
second week of spring
two inches of snow

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 23rd March 2008

Publication

2008 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)

(as20)

Mars passes through the Great Bear
Is there anybody there?

© Gerald England

Marte langa Ursa Mare:
"Cineva-i acolo oare?"

Romanian translation by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

Composed: Gee Cross, 21st March 2008

Publications

2008 Cosmopoetry (Internet)
2008 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)

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harbourside puddle
a group of young turnstones
warble and waddle

words & photograph © 2008 gerald england

Composed: Paignton, 9th March 2008

Publication

2008 Spring Haiku (Internet)

Note: This is one of the Paignton haiku I'd previously thought had been lost.

Republished now as a contribution to Outdoor Wednesday.and Water World Wednesday.

Paignton Rainbow lost haiku

My records show that I composed three haiku in Paignton on 9th March 2008 but I've not been able to find the texts.

The first lines were:

under the rainbow
harbourside puddles
huddled close

I have, however, found a photo of a rainbow.

A contribution to Scenic Weekends.

(d7)

loose change
it all adds up to a lot
of heavy metal

words & photo © 2008 gerald england

Composed: Gee Cross, 27th January 2008

Publication

2008 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)

A contribution to Our World Tuesday.

(d6)

end of tax year
fresh floral furniture
in the street

words & photograph © 2008 gerald england

Composed: Gee Cross, 26th February 2008

Publications

2008 Spring Haiku (Internet)

(d5)

early February
already one golden trumpet
glows

© 2008, gerald england

Composed: Gee Cross, 2nd February 2008

Publications

2008 Winter Haiku (Internet)

Republished as a contribution to Monday Mellow Yellows.

(d4)

Saturday
robins and coaltits
await the thaw

© 2008, gerald england

Composed: Gee Cross, 2nd February 2008

Publications

2008 Winter Haiku (Internet)

(d3)

on path edges
and horses' leavings
flakes of snow

words & photograph © gerald england 2008


Composed: Gee Cross, 27th January 2008

Publication

2008 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)

(d2)

January rain
under the willow tree
daffodils emerge

words & picture © gerald england, 2008

Composed: Gee Cross, 20th January 2008

Publications

2008 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)
2008 Winter Haiku (Internet)

(d1)

city haze
in blue morning air
full moon

words & photograph © gerald england 2008


Composed: Gee Cross, 7th January 2008

Publication

2008 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)

For Skywatch Friday.

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supermarket
through grit and frost
trolley tracks

words & photograph © gerald england 2007


Composed: Gee Cross, 30th December 2007

Publication

2007 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)