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)