December
2003, Volume 1, Number 6
Caroline Gourlay
Caroline
lives with her husband on the Welsh border and has written
and published poetry all her life, winning prizes
for haiku (The James Hackett Award in '96) and tanka (4 included
in the Tanka Splendor Awards of 1997). A member of the BHS for
nine years she edited Blithe Spirit from 1998-2000.
She is a member of the Haiku Society of America and a Patron
of the Ledbury Poetry
Festival. Publications include - Windblown Leaves (BHS
Intimations pamphlet 1997), Crossing the Field (Redlake
Press 1995), Reading all Night (Hub Press 1999), Through
The Café Door (Snapshots 2000) and Against the
Odds (Hub Press 2001).
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your voice falters -
the low wooded hills fade
into the distance
buttering beans -
trying to find the words
to make them taste
early morning mist
gathering in the lane
cow parsley
napping on the bank -
a small stream trickles
through the afternoon
winter chill -
catching the look
in your eye
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