(e17)

next door's cat circumlocates our shed sniffing squirrel

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 18th December 2004

Unpublished

(e16)

hailstones --
on our neighbour's cherry tree
a string of lights

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 16th December 2004

Publication

2011 Shamrock (Internet)

(e15)

new bus station
20p to spend a penny
i cross my legs

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 14th December 2004

Unpublished

(e14)

forty years married
no two dinner plates
the same pattern

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 2nd December 2004

Publication

2011 a hundred gourds (Internet)

(e13)

curtains ajar
at the top of our stairs
moon in cloud

Composed: Gee Cross, 21st November 2004

Unpublished

sijo 9

who is this a-tap-tap tapping at the window?
as I open the curtains to a still grey autumn day,
the rose-bush shakes at the departure of a dozen tits

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 14th October 2004

Unpublished

(e11)

October wind
straggling willow branches
wrap round each other

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 2nd October 2004

Unpublished

tanka 38

a man's boot
on top of the bus shelter
someone
is footloose on their way
out of Manchester

© Gerald England

Composed: Denton, 28th September 2004

Publications

2005 Anglo-Japanese Tanka Society (Internet)
2005 Poetryetc (Internet)

(zip2)

[text mislaid]

Composed: Gee Cross, 14th September 2004

Publication

2005 Haiku Scotland (UK)

sijo 8

the spider's web is strung between two wheelie bins
after I move one ready for tomorrow's collection
she still clings to the middle of a dusty line

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 7th September 2004

Publication

2005 Outlaw (UK)

(e8)

another four
to the square-leg boundary
one more run to win

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 2nd September 2004

Unpublished

i.m. Cid Corman

somewhere
between Venus
and Mars
there is an earth
that moves

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 11th August 2004

Publication

2005 Poetry Writing (Internet)

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)

(s408)

northern summer
the sky not dark enough
to see Jupiter

© Gerald England

Composed: Largs, 25th June 2004

Unpublished

*****
vara nordica
cerul nu-i intunecat destul
sa vezi Jupiter

Gerald England

(in romaneste de Andrei Dorian Gheorghe)

Publication

2004 SARM sporadicastroumanism (Internet)

(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)

tanka 36

after thirty years
we still argue which turn
to take
but we always end up
somewhere or other

© Gerald England

Composed: Largs, 21st June 2004

Publication

2005 Anglo-Japanese Tanka Society (Internet)

(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)

(s404)

shoreline
a small bird wades --
it isn't a gull

© Gerald England

Composed: Largs, 20th June 2004

Unpublished

(s403)

balmy morning
on to seaweed and rock
gentle waves lap

© Gerald England

Composed: Largs, 20th June 2004

Unpublished