I met my uncle in London today

He was visiting the UK with Marie-Angela

I have not seen them for over five years

We sat in a trendy restaurant in Chelsea

Celebrating his recent knighthood


My uncle handed me a gift

The Penguin Book of Haiku

This was very thoughtful of him

As although I was a published poet

I rarely wrote Haiku

My uncle later told me

That he and Marie-Angela

Were moving to Argentina

As she had inherited property

In the far south of the country