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i've noticed a few
stray greys for some time - autumn
draws near in my beard

© GERALD ENGLAND

Composed: Gee Cross, 1st August 1990

Publication

Next Exit (Canada)

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Notei alguns fios brancos
ja algum tempo atras. O outono
vai chegando a minha barba.

GERALD ENGLAND

translated by Teresinka Pereira

Publication

1992 International Poetry (USA)

Both Sides Out

BOTH SIDES OUT

Following
a cold, wet tramp -
arriving,
snow-dripping from neck's back -
a two-hour-chat-cum-cup-of-coffee —
a lift returns me
to where green tulip leaves in the window-box
poke their life
out of the whiteness

Below - the virgin-white garden
Beyond — the ravished slush of road

Inside I warm myself

© GERALD ENGLAND

Composed: Sheffield, 1st March 1971

Publications

1975 INTERNATIONAL WHO'S WHO IN POETRY ANTHOLOGY (Cambridge, Melrose Press)
1990 Next Exit (Canada)
2007 Bolts of Silk (Internet)

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note the appealing
casual intimacy
of an unmade bed

© GERALD ENGLAND

Composed: Sheffield, 11th January 1970

Publications

1970 MOUSINGS (Sheffield, Headland)
1970 Headland (UK)
1971 OVERGROUND (Pontefract, Whitwood and District Arts Association)
1991 The Affiliate (Canada)
1991 Next Exit (Canada)