Stuart Miller-Osborne

I made a cup of coffee Using iced pink milk It was well received By Annette an Jill Who I had known for many years

As part of my early life I travelled a great deal I often travelled without my pen So I had to memorise Many of my imagined lines I was frequently helped By the generosity of others Who furnished me with all The items of my requirement And then I became totally lost After being washed…

That is my only question Marc Or do you love someone else That is your second question Julie

I am currently working in a library It is a pleasant job with nice people Recently I met a trainee librarian Her name is Angela Lincoln Smith But she likes to be called Femes As she is a part time angel in Heaven And is therefore considered immortal

I swim quite frequently in the sea My housekeeper is named Christine She brings me apples every day Attached to these apples Is a note written in violet ink Eat When Cooked

Yesterday I visited Walmer Castle and Gardens It was a place that I knew well As I crossed the bridge From the castle into the gardens I was stopped by a young man Wearing a green felt hat With a ring of daisies Joined together around the crown He in a hushed soft voice Told…

I travelled with an American girl Who was called Nuage By all those who met her As she had a remote And other worldly manner Her real name was Mary Anne Parkinson

It was an imposing seventeen arch viaduct Which spanned the valley and the marshes It was almost five hundred yards long Construction took almost two years It rose to a height of sixty seven feet Yet lasted less than seventy summers Before it was brutally demolished

Helga keeps a rather affectionate Koala Bear But often runs into problems When travelling with her little pet As Koalas belong to the marsupial family And not the bear family It is because of this That she often summers in Sweden On the small island that we jointly own

The title of this poem is a misnomer As to the best of my knowledge There have been no deaths In the small town of Summer City For some considerable time