Gift

GIFT

my son brings me
lucozade and chocolate
at the hospital

© gerald england

Composed: Ashton under Lyne, 16th October 2011

Publication

2011 GIFT (Spalding, British Haiku Society)

haiku (d69)

over Ridge Hill
the sun rises slowly
from my hospital bed

© gerald england

Composed: Ashton under Lyne, 15th October 2011

Publication

Ackworth Born, Gone West (Internet)

haiku (d68)

leaves and leaves
that rustle raucously
in the night wind

© GERALD ENGLAND

Composed: Hyde, 4th October 2011

Publication

2011 Hyde DP Xtra (Internet)

A contribution to NF Trees and Bushes.

August Riots (2011)

AUGUST RIOTS

Saturday as London riots
Manchester boasts it is riot-free
though some fear to celebrate

Sunday in Salford
and Manchester City Centre
a mad mob mobilizes

Wanton destruction
Miss Selfridge's torched
lots of looting

Monday morning
an army of citizens gather
armed with brooms

Outside Starbucks
free coffee for volunteers
cleaning the streets

Wednesday afternoon sun
fountains play in Piccadilly Gardens
families having fun

The trams trundle
down Market Street
thronged with shoppers

Only a few boarded up windows
remain to remind us
of a sad Sunday.

© GERALD ENGLAND

Composed: Hyde, 28th August 2011

Publication

2011 Ol' Chanty - Chanticleer Online (Internet)

Jodrell Bank Observatory Haiga

my father
the long distance runner
next to Copernicus

© Gerald England

Composed: Hyde, 3rd April 2011

Publications

2011 Cosmopoetry (Internet)
2011 Ackworth Born, Gone West (Internet)

A contribution to:
Skywatch Friday;
The Weekend in Black and White.

Valentine cards

VALENTINE CARDS

On Hyde Market
Valentine cards - fifty pence
or three for a pound!

© Gerald England

Composed: Hyde, 14th February 2011

Unpublished

tanka 45 (Solar eclipse 2011)

Pse 2011 In Magurele (Romania) photograph © Andreea Fazacas
an eclipse tonight
posted a friend on Facebook
but by then too late
out of my window blackness
others' visions seen online

© Gerald England

Composed: Hyde, 16th January 2011

Publications

2010 Cosmopoetry (Internet)
2010 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)

A contribution to Skywatch Friday.

Haiga for Leslie Moon

words © Gerald England; image © Leslie Moon

glimmer of light
behind dark clouds
a storm brews

© gerald england

Composed: Hyde, 3rd January 2011

Publication

2010 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)

A contribution to Skywatch Friday.

haiga X

ten kisses
mark the spot
unknown

© 2010 gerald england

Composed: Hyde, 29th December 2010

Publication

2010 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)

A contribution to ABC Wednesday.

In A Strange Church

IN A STRANGE CHURCH

In a strange church
I sing the hymns
and mouth the prayers.

I learn the name of the preacher’s son
and of his wife
and how his father died
and where he worked
I hear of where his son
is now honeymooning
and how five years ago
he changed the way he worked.

After the service
three or four people
say “Good Morning”.

None ask me who I am.
I leave as quietly as I arrived.

© Gerald England

Composed: St Ouen, Jersey, 3rd October 2010

Unpublished

A contribution to Inspired Sundays.

(d63) september sun

september sun
chasing the clouds
before breakfast

© gerald england

Composed: Hyde, 5th September 2010

Publication

2010 Autumn Haiku (Internet)

A contribution to Skywatch Friday.

(d61)

across the pond
to an unknown friend
fond kisses

© Gerald England

Composed: Hyde, 8th August 2010

an entry for the Calico Cat Contest where authors were asked to compose a haiku to complement Origa's sumi-e "Sympathy. Orang-utan and Lizard".


Rice paper 'Double Shuen', Japanese sumi ink, Chinese watercolours, Copyright © Origa .


is the Russian translation of my haiku.

Publication

2010 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)

(d60)

after the funeral
dodging deep puddles
in the long grass

© gerald england

Composed: Hyde, 1st August 2010

Publication

2010 Summer Haiku (Internet)

spongy path (d59b)

a spongy path
under a silent sky
going nowhere

© gerald england

Composed: Hyde, 17th April 2010

Publications

2010 Spring Haiku (Internet)
2010 Cosmopoetry (Internet)
2010 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)

A contribution to Good Fences and Skywatch Friday.

spring equinox (d59a)

spring equinox discarded fag ends among the flowers

© gerald england

Composed: Hyde, 21st March 2010

Publication

2010 Spring Haiku (Internet)

A contribution to Floral Fridays and Monday Mellow Yellows.

frozen fingers (d58)

frozen fingers
stretch for want of warmth
a new decade

© gerald england

Composed: Hyde, 7th January 2010

Publications

2010 Winter Haiku (Internet)

A contribution to Macro Monday.

(d57)

i watch on tv
the concert from Vienna
flakes fall slowly

© gerald england

Composed: Hyde, 1st January 2010

Unpublished

The last eclipse of 2009

PARTIAL LUNAR ECLIPSE OVER THE NORTH OF ROMANIA
photo © Constantin Psenitchi
five hours before
the end of the decade
above my window
the cold earth is eating
a piece of blue moon

© gerald england

Composed: Hyde, 31st December 2009

Publications

2010 Winter Haiku (Internet)
2010 Cosmopoetry (Internet)
2010 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)

SUMMER METEOR POETRY 2009

a dusty filament
drifts across Earth's orbit
raining light

© Gerald England

Composed: Hyde, 6th November 2009

Publications

2009 Cosmopoetry (Internet)
2009 Ackworth born, gone West (Internet)

(d55)

through leafless trees
the lights of the pub
on the moor

© gerald england

Composed: Hyde, 30th September 2009

Publication

2009 Autumn Haiku (Internet)