Powh

POWH

my son builds with his Lego
powh, powh, powh, he shoots
daddy doesn't like guns, he says,
this is a radiator
powh, powh, powh.

© GERALD ENGLAND

Composed: Ashton under Lyne, 1st December 1981

Publications

1983 Literature (USA)
1983 Box of Rain (UK)
1990 Sword of Shahrazad (USA)
1992 STEALING KISSES (Hyde, New Hope International)
1998 Christian Poetry Review (UK)

Third Meeting with Chicken

THIRD MEETING WITH CHICKEN

The sandwiches
were liberally salted
Appetite
was a two-edged sword
Thaw was attempted
A fuse was blown
and a double No
became the remains
of
cold chicken

© GERALD ENGLAND

Composed: Sheffield, 1st November 1971

Publications

1975 Ludds Mill (UK)
1990 Sword of Shahrazad (UK)
1991 Impetus (USA)
1996 Target (UK)