Gerald England's Callander Haiku Hike

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28252800.post-1149622588523919672006-06-06T12:28:00.000-07:002006-06-07T01:18:43.026-07:00Gerald England's Callander Haiku HikeTwelve poets gathered in the bookshop on a beautiful sunny Sunday morning for an introductory haiku session, before moving out for a circular walk around Callander <a href="http://www.zen39641.zen.co.uk/Images/ginko.jpg"><img height="200" alt="Poets by the river. Haiku walk" src="http://www.zen39641.zen.co.uk/Images/ginko.jpg" width="300" /></a>L-R: Margaret Gillies Brown, Ian Blake, Andy Robson, Elizabeth Rimmer, Gerry Singh and his wife, <a href="http://groups.msn.com/desktopsallye/bewickwalkstoscotland.msnw">Sally Evans</a>, <a href="http://www.colinwill.co.uk/">Colin Will</a>, Christine England, Maureen Weldon, Sally James.PHOTO BY <a href="http://geraldengland.co.uk/ge/">Gerald England</a> Margaret Gillies Brown wrote: I thought I kind of knew about haiku but discovered there were certain aspects about them I didn't know, and Gerald England made it all so clear.Sally Evans' haiku: A crowd on Main Street ice-cream melts happy dogs Maureen Weldon's haiku High steeple bell; Hill makes many bells; Prayer wheel in the skyEileen Carney Hulme's haiku last day of summer poets loiter with intent a garden of wordsGerald's haikutrain halted across the Firth of Forth Fife lies book launch passing ice-cream eaters pause to look in prodigal daughter barbecues aubergines blue smoke how many bells? low walls and distant hills echo back Ben Ledi ignored by Munro-baggers low mist the pavement is at war with the trees roots are winning [Christine England] ducks ripple through an alder's reflection babies follow on the cobblestones of the riverside path a white feather </td><td valign="top"> Colin Will's haikuchurch bells clang in the busy street - hills soften echoesthe poet reads lavender wafts in the sunshine heat reflects from wooden shed – smell of old creosotespruce trees on top of the crag a plain blue sky hazy mountain - a nearby tree looks as high rose hips getting redder on the rail route dead conifer brown against green - this very dry seasonlevel bowling green a perfect square - too hot to play Christmas Shop summer decorations sell like hot cakes tiny fish all turn at once - a hundred silver flashes duck wakes make a temporary grid on the river These can be linked to at <a href="http://www.zen39641.zen.co.uk/ps/events.htm">POETRY SCOTLAND</a> where they were originally posted. Take a look and see what's happening at this year's Callender Poetry Weekend 2nd to 4th of September 2006 and catch up on other poetry events in Scotland.Gerald England is an internationally aclaimed poet who won the Ted Slade Prize For Services To Poetry in 2006 and has published many books and journals. <a href="http://geraldengland.co.uk/ge/">GERALDS HOME PAGE</a>Colin Will is a Scottish poet and here is his <a href="http://www.colinwill.co.uk/">Home Page</a>Sally Evan's <a href="http://groups.msn.com/desktopsallye/bewickwalkstoscotland.msnw">'Bewick Walks to Scotland'</a>LO<a href="http://haikuhikes.blogspot.com/2006/05/haiku-hiketomomi-iguchicrossover-ukan.html">HAIKU HIKE MAIN PAGE</a><a href="http://www.crossover-uk.org/">CROSSOVER UK</a>Little Onionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17937020536725261581noreply@blogger.com