Still Life

STILL LIFE

                 After the baby has gone
                 to bed    there remains
                 a bright square mat.
                 Beyond a jumbled rattle
                 of six chained bangles
                 a pink teddy bear lies
                 face down guarded by
                 a blue black-nosed dog
                 The guarded fire warms
                 the room in which
                 a television plays
                 moving colour to the air

© GERALD ENGLAND

Composed: Ashton under Lyne, 23rd December 1981

Publications

1988 Piddiddle (USA)
1988 Z Magazine (Isle of Man)
1994 Dandelion (UK)

Surfeit

SURFEIT

 A surfeit of everything
              of love
                     of wine
                             of music
                                      and of chocolates
              of fame
                      of food
                              of energy
                                      and of cigarettes
              of ambition
                        of doughnuts
                                      of power
                                              and of soup
              finally sapped his strength

              A surfeit
                       of death

© GERALD ENGLAND

Composed: Sheffield, 24th January 1971

1971 Context (UK)
1988 Piddiddle (USA)
1988 Waterways (USA)
1992 STEALING KISSES (Hyde, New Hope International)