tanka 21

enticed by brochure
for the exclusive farm shop
we pay a visit
on seeing flies in the fridge
we exit without buying

© Gerald England

Composed: Disley, 30th September 1995

Publications

1996 Presence (UK)
1996 The Tanka Journal (Japan)

tanka 15

a lonely farmstead
at end of a narrow track,
the vet shivering,
wind buffeting the byre door:
first moo of the new-born calf

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 11th December 1994

Publications

1996 Presence (UK)
1997 Time Haiku (UK)
2004 TIME HAIKU ANTHOLOGY (London, Time Haiku Group)

(f17)

sleet at the window
armchair drawn close to leaping flames
she refills her glass

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 26th November 1994

Publication

1996 Presence (UK)

[5s]

and he sits on the
loo reading the poems
of Marianne Moore
whilst contemplating
the rooftops of Prague

© Gerald England

Composed: Leeds, 16th April 1994

Publication

1996 Presence (UK)