(b12)

flashing lights
the police helicopter
under Venus

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 17th April 2007

Publication

2007 Blithe Spirit (UK)

(y14)

after the noon
changing of the guard
a rush for icecream

© Gerald England

Composed: Copenhagen, 12th June 2006

Publication

2007 Blithe Spirit (UK)

tanka 37

the only castle
from which Mary Queen of Scots
escaped
in front of it now
a Safeway superstore

© Gerald England

Composed: Dumbarton, 23rd June 2004

Publication

2004 Blithe Spirit (UK)

(s407)

on the lawn
at the distillery
an oystercatcher

© Gerald England

Composed: Lochranza, 24th June 2004

Publication

2004 Blithe Spirit (UK)

(s406)

TV switched off
she hears the tick
of the clock

© Gerald England

Composed: Largs, 22nd June 2004

Publication

2011 Blithe Spirit (UK)

(s405)

longest day
a sliver of moon
and a wispy cloud

© Gerald England

Composed: Largs, 21st June 2004

Publication

2004 Blithe Spirit (UK)

*****
zi mai lunga
numai o aschie de luna
si un snop de nori

Gerald England

(in romaneste de Andrei Dorian Gheorghe)

Publication

2004 SARM sporadicastroumanism (Internet)

(s402)

sunday morning
both ferries tied up
by the pier

© Gerald England

Composed: Largs, 20th June 2004

Publication

2004 Blithe Spirit (UK)

(s401)

shore side
of the putting green
the smell of kelp

© Gerald England

Composed: Largs, 20th June 2004

Publication

2004 Blithe Spirit (UK)

(t46)

this early morning
the cry of a pair of ducks
flying over

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 8th March 2004

Publication

2004 Blithe Spirit (UK)

(t44)

over her bed
a line of seven
Welsh love-spoons

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 20th February 2004

Publication

2004 Blithe Spirit (UK)

(t42)

after the snowstorm
briefly
a rainbow

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 24th January 2004

Publications

2004 Poetry Monthly (UK)
2004 Blithe Spirit (UK)
2004 SEASON'S GREETING NEWSLETTER (Mohammed H Siddique, USA)

sijo m7

all day
we heard the chain-saws hum
over the rooftops
two churches now in view
but when again
will we see the magpies flock?

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 16th November 2003

Publication

2004 Blithe Spirit (UK)

(t34)

filling the doorways
of a dilapidated dovecote
dusty cobwebs

© Gerald England

Composed: Nottingham, 27th September 2003

Publication

2004 Blithe Spirit (UK)

(t32)

the horse's field
red squirrel on the fence
conker in mouth

© Gerald England

Composed: Nottingham, 25th September 2003

Publication

2004 Blithe Spirit (UK)

(t30)

the hairless nurse
takes my temperature
which is rising

© Gerald England

Composed: Nottingham, 25th September 2003

Publication

2004 Blithe Spirit (UK)

(t27)

after a week
"you have no NEW
messages"

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 2nd September 2003

Publication

2004 Blithe Spirit (UK)

(t26)

the pillow
on which her head lay
so cool

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 2nd September 2003

Publication

2004 Blithe Spirit (UK)

(m43)

outside the dentist's
amidst the cherry-blossom
a lone blackbird sings

© Gerald England

Composed: Hyde, 28th April 2000

Publication

2011 Blithe Spirit (UK)

(m35)

ninety-four years
-- at her funeral
grey hair is in vogue

© Gerald England

Composed: Rochdale, 8th March 2000

Publication

2011 Blithe Spirit (UK)

(c12)

how smooth the ice cracks
slow movement of glaciers
down the spring valley

© gerald england

Composed: Daisy Nook, 6th June 1985

Publications

1987 Red Pagoda (USA)
1988 New Cicada (Japan)
1996 Blithe Spirit (UK)
1998 LIMBO TIME (Hyde, New Hope International)
1999 NASA (USA)
2000 Mir (USA)

*****

kori ware

tani ni hygoya wa

ugoki-dashi

© gerald england

Japanese translation by Sakuzo Takada.

Publications

1987 Red Pagoda (USA)

1988 New Cicada (Japan)

1996 Blithe Spirit (UK)