Author: Stuart Miller-Osborne

  • evening train

    evening train brightly lit reflected violet green flowers late of pink

  • Sweet Roses Cécile (Fragments)

    Accept these my sweet roses Cécile As a token of my love We stroll these summer fields Cécile And watch the tender skies Heavens choir Cécile Cécile Sweet songs from above John Sellers May (1934)

  • Hummingbirds and Tortoises

    Many years ago when visiting my home village I spoke to a farmer in a country lane Our discussion centred around change And why the fields and trees More or less remained the same He noted that hummingbirds Were only active for a few seasons Before they destroyed themselves The faster you live the faster […]

  • The Garden of Sleep

    Weep Weep From the cliff To the deep Weep My Poppyland Weep Sleep Sleep From the cliff To the deep Sleep My Poppyland Sleep

  • Poppyland

    The blood red poppies Covered the fields That led to the tower Which no longer stands These were our haunts Before their decline

  • Poppyland

    I can hear my guests Long before I can see them As the loose stones Warn me like geese Yet this lane Is rarely occupied As I do not receive visitors

  • Nutbrowntown

    I live in a nutbrowntown With a clown who will drown With a frown in my gown Happy stories always end sadly

  • Rouge et Gris

    summer red roses above my door bring me many pleasures yet the slate grey skies dull their original colour

  • The Dry Smile

    I always know when you Are pleased with me Due to shape of your lips You are also betrayed By the way you tilt your head

  • Charles of the Ritz

    The quintessential Renoir image Is a summers day Pretty girls Wholesome food In a relaxed country setting I have taken these words From an advertisement promoting Charles of the Ritz Why you may ask Am I sharing this with you That is an easy question to answer As the model in the red dress Holding […]