(f6)

looking for thermals
the rook takes off from the edge
as jet soars over

© Gerald England

Composed: Leeds, 16th April 1994

Publications

1996 Q (USA)
1997 Lateral Moves (UK)
2000 MIR (USA)

What Father Did

WHAT FATHER DID

my father painted
    the toilet seat
after I'd gone to bed
    I was only six

he painted it yellow
    I wasn't to know
I cried but it was
    their laughter that hurt

Turpentine is cold
    and smells so!
He could have told
    I was only six

© GERALD ENGLAND

Composed: Upton by Chester, 16th June 1993

Publications

1994 Green's Magazine (Canada)
1996 Q (USA)
1998 LIMBO TIME (Hyde, New Hope International)
2005 The Spoon River Poetry Review (USA)

(g21)

just a single dove
atop our back garden tree
on Valentine's day

© Gerald England

Composed: Gee Cross, 14th February 1993

Publications

1996 Q (USA)
1997 Stop Gap (UK)
2000 MIR (USA)
2002 World Haiku Association (Internet)
2003 Version (Internet)

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просто одинокий голубь
на верхушке нашего черного садового дерева
день Валентина

Russian translation by Polay

Publication

2003 Version (Internet)

*****
голубь - одна штука
на обуглившемся дереве в нашем саду
в Валентинов день

Russian translation by dh

Publication

2003 Version (Internet)

*****
стонет белый голубочек
на черном-черном дереве -
Валентинов день

Russian translation by Багджо

Publication

2003 Version (Internet)

*****
...а всего-то одинокий голубок
на верхушке чёрной яблони в саду
да Валентинов День

Russian translation by jefi-jun

Publication

2003 Version (Internet)