Gerald Parker : Writing

Desaparecidos

Desaparecidos

A Poem by Gerald Parker


Voyageurs sans bagages,(overnight learning’s very light),they took their examsthrough customs,and then they were offto a new land.Their resistan..
Re. Your Trip to Normandy

Re. Your Trip to Normandy

A Poem by Gerald Parker


Bayeux’s a bit heavy; suggest you leave itfor the last day of your stay.Suggest allow whole morning for queuing -toilets essential on arrival -a..
Tree Love

Tree Love

A Poem by Gerald Parker


We have to love our apricot tree,and love it extra hard in winter. That’s when we have to love its brainpulsing with synaptic sparrows,love its ..
Young Cassie and Ronsard's “Ode à Cassandre” on the Underground

Young Cassie and Ronsard's “Ode à Cas..

A Poem by Gerald Parker


“Let’s go, my dear, and see if the rose….”The morning train is crowded,and in the poem on displaya young Cassandre is being u..
Calling in the Cat

Calling in the Cat

A Poem by Gerald Parker


Jocularity with rhyme for someone who called free verse her Bête NoireThat’s my old Bête Noire sulking on the wall,disdainfully resi..
In the Evening

In the Evening

A Poem by Gerald Parker


When we have done what we can,we shall want to pipe our eyes andknit it all together with the best of words,knit the wounds in sombre rooms,and watch ..
The Lumber Room

The Lumber Room

A Poem by Gerald Parker


Tonight the sky is devoid of cloud,so now's the time to count the stars;after all, such counting is allowed -progress does not admit of any bars. We'l..
The Wall

The Wall

A Poem by Gerald Parker


A try-again-dinner picked up off the floor,a you-can-do-better carton of cold tea,crumpled, with naughty-boy bent straw,bedwetting from the table, not..
The Artless Bodger's Attempt at an Art Poétique

The Artless Bodger's Attempt at an Art Poét..

A Poem by Gerald Parker


I shall measure out my lifewith spoonfuls of borrowed ideasand with a pretence of knowingabout this and that and poetry.Just tell me the ingredients o..
One of the Regulars

One of the Regulars

A Poem by Gerald Parker


Husband and pub could manage themselves;she came and sat his side of the bar,her plump comfortableness spilling overlike a sack of flour on the stool...