Mark Gilbert
Nottingham, UK
Mark Gilbert got serious about senryu after discovering Mike Rehling's journal 'Failed Haiku'. Since then he has managed to have senryu published in a variety of journals (and a podcast) covering haiku and its related forms, as well as breaking into the Euro Top 100 list of European haiku authors.
Saturday night comedian
the paramedic
at the start of his shift
Blithe Spirit #26/1 (Feb-16)
the clang of wine bottles
on the way
to the recycling bin
Blithe Spirit #26/3 (Sept-16)
shadowing me
the intern
picks up bad habits
Failed Haiku #19 (Jul-17)
in the cathedral
a lost soul asks me the way
to the gift shop
Shortlisted for H. Gene Murtha Memorial Senryu Contest Jul-17
Failed Haiku #19 (Jul-17); Prune Juice #22 (Jul-17)
small talk the contents of his cycling shorts
The Haiku Foundation, Haiku in the Workplace weekly theme, elevator awkwardness (Jul-17)
untouched
by
raindrops
Barbie's
windows
The Haiku Foundation, Haiku Windows, dollhouse window theme (Jan-18)
squeegee
the lawyer says "sign here"
"and here"
Failed Haiku #32 (Aug-18)
cyber monday
the algorithm
reads my mind
Failed Haiku #34 (Oct-18)
out of hospital
tying my shoelace
the way I always did
Modern Haiku #49/3 (Nov-18)
hot air balloon
the politician
floats above it all
Failed Haiku #36 (Dec-18)
the comet
rather a disappointment
class reunion
Modern Haiku #50/1 (Feb-19)
One AM –
mine is the only table
not swiped by surfactant
Bottle Rockets (Feb-19)
loving you
how much I touch
the touchpad
Haiku Pea Podcast #2/12 (Jun-19)
doing nothing
together
family get-together
Hedgerow #127 (Jun-19)
crescent moon
it’s my fault
the dent in our car
Haikuniverse (July-19)
loose change
he remembers Buddy Rich
in '63
Failed Haiku #44 Aug-19
Adagio for Strings
my bank
values my business
Failed Haiku #45 Oct-19
in back of a Chevy
surf music
manic & squidgy
Haiku Foundation, Haiku Dialogue, Poet's Choice, ambiguity theme (Sept-19)
the morning after
young lovers
in trainers
Incense Dreams #3.1 (Oct-19)
Big Mac Meal
only son's mouthful
of mother's milk
Haiku Foundation, Haiku Dialogue, Poet's Choice, Gourmet Gallery taste theme (Oct-19)
blessed rainwater
and stolen yams —
perfect stew
British Haiku Society Members' Anthology 2019 (Nov-19)
reaching a new low
fluffing up
his dog’s pillow
Prune Juice #29 (Nov-19)
Christmas morning
naming my G.I.Joe
Steve
Haikuniverse (Dec-19)
banging at the keys
designing a website
I miss trees
The Asahi Shimbun: Asahi Haikuist Network (Dec-19)