I am a moderately successful artist Which suits me well as I find no need To compromise on what I paint I often paint lighthouses at night And rent a small house in Travemunde So that I might explore this theme My works I am told resemble Those of Emil Nolde which I dispute As […]

You glide like a swan on a mirrored lake The remainder of this poem Was lost by the poet Georg Whist travelling in Switzerland In the summer of 1912

Lou was swimming naked In a cool Swiss lake Two boys were watching her From behind a rock They were playing truant Neither will be alive in 1918 As the war will have claimed both lives The poet Georg was sketching Lou As she swam in the crystal lake He had already composed a poem […]

I had always had a softness for beautiful policemen You know the type blond handsome and very tall Sadly you did not meet them very often in the street As they no longer entrapped dirty faggots in the parks And then came the totally idiotic pandemic When our green and pleasant land became a prison […]

I was enjoying a cup of tea at the village fete When the lovely Gillian passed me a typewritten note Its subject was Medieval Inlaid Floor Tiles It was not until the second quarter of the thirteenth century That inlaid floor tiles were introduced Into ecclesiastical buildings This pleased me greatly As I was at […]

Although it was called a summer fete The reality of the weather was quite different Heavy skies and unseasonably strong winds Was all that this July day had to offer The fete was opened promptly at two And a small number of people filtered in It was being held in private garden Which was lightly […]

I often wonder what it is like To be desired only By the dark creatures Of the putrid drains God smiled on me As I am very beautiful And have a bright personality I form friendships and passions With ease and I treat this as normal I come from a comfortable family And am loved […]

I like girls There is no problem in that I like boys also Which is quite normal For many years I have worn my hair short In a elfin cut Because I have small features And for some reason This attracts both sexes I am an object of desire

I went out with a wonderful man Who never pressured me for sex At first I felt this was unusual But I soon understood why And I respected his reasons It was only after he asked me To have an elfin cut That I began to suspect His true motives Which were less than pure

One day after I closed the shop My father took me aside And told me that I had A hole in my grey sneakers He offered to buy me A pair of sensible shoes