(p15)

somewhere in the memory a green field

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 22nd March 2006

Publication

2006 Ukku Spring Haiku (Internet)

(p14)

today tentative steps towards ...

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 19th March 2006

Publication

2006 Ukku Spring Haiku (Internet)

(as3)

almost spring
the moon at apogee
snow on daffodils

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 16th March 2006

Publication

2006 Meetings in Dejhagascar (Internet)

*****aproape primavera
luna la apogeu
zapada pe narcise

Gerald England
in Romaneste de Andrei Dorian Gheorghe

Unpublished?

Yorkshire haiku 12

t' old allotment
diggin early tatties
granddad sweats

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 16th March 2006

Publication

2012 Yorkshire Dialect Society Summer Bulletin (UK)

Yorkshire haiku 11

shufflin dahn t' prom
wi a bag o fish an chips -
vinegary kisses

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 16th March 2006

Publication

2012 Yorkshire Dialect Society Summer Bulletin (UK)

Yorkshire haiku 10

New Year's Day
a bud unfurls itsen
on t' cyclamen

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 16th March 2006

Unpublished

Yorkshire haiku 9

Kessmus day
thru r' cemetery raihlins
holly berries poak

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 16th March 2006

Unpublished

Yorkshire haiku 8

stuck i' a jam
lass chucks t' roahd atlas
aht a t' sunroof

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 16th March 2006

Publication

2012 Yorkshire Dialect Society Summer Bulletin (UK)

Yorkshire haiku 7

warmh October
cahncil sweeper cleears leeaves
t' wind blahs em back

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 16th March 2006

Unpublished

(p13)

spring clean in the garden muck remains

© Gerald England

Publication

2006 Ukku Spring Haiku (Internet)

(p12)

yellow and blue two little crocuses by the church wall

© Gerald England

Publication

2006 Ukku Spring Haiku (Internet)

(p11)

keeping her head down march winds

© Gerald England

Publication

2006 Ukku Spring Haiku (Internet)

(p10)

before leaving a last pint at the "swan-with-two-necks"

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 5th March 2006

Publication

2006 Ukku Spring Haiku (Internet)

(p9)

openly looking for spring here there

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 3rd March 2006

Publication

2006 Ukku Spring Haiku (Internet)

(p8)

under willow St. David's Day a sign

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 1st March 2006

Publication

2006 Ukku Spring Haiku (Internet)

(p7)

shopping village cold rain beats down down

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 27th February 2006

Publication

2006 Ukku Spring Haiku (Internet)

(p6)

February tree rat on neighbour's fence

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 21st February 2006

Publication

2006 Ukku Spring Haiku (Internet)

(p5)

spring morning worms are where the ouzel waits

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 22nd February 2006

Publication

2006 Ukku Spring Haiku

Hiding Place

HIDING PLACE

From his hiding place
he looks through a window
where snow flurries flicker
forming the logo for
agoraphobics anonymous.

No car sits now
on the cracked-up drive
ready to be leapt into
and driven for miles
into the hills for escape

He wanders the world
punching postcodes
into Google Earth
or planning a route
from Tblinsk to Timbuktu.

Deleting countless spams
filling the dishwasher
updating the anti-virus
microwaving lunch
all necessary chores.

Yet once in a while
intrepid he flees away
finds another sun
digitally captures
colours and moods.

And on his return
shares moments of rapture
with the thousands
who hide behind
their own little windows.

© GERALD ENGLAND

Composed: Gee Cross, 22nd February 2006

Publication

2011 Envoi (UK)

(p3) as the yokel said to the tourist

as the yokel said to the tourist

if you want to get there
you shouldn't really start
from here!

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 20th February 2006

Publication

2006 Ukku Spring Haiku