Author: Stuart Miller-Osborne

  • Cats Slowly Turning

    Cats Slowly Turning and Jeff lived in a large beach shack They made a living by creating necklaces bracelets and rings From the coloured sea glass that was abundant in the area Jeff was also the skipper of a beautiful white yacht Which he called Cats Slowly Turning after his lovely wife

  • Wyeth’s World

    We are on the same shallow hill That we were on five years ago I am using the same camera You are holding the same pose As in Wyeth’s famous painting But I notice that your figure is fuller Your breasts are heavier and more rounded I ask you to stay still in the rough […]

  • I Stole Scooby-Doo’s Voice Box

    One can be a poet Or even a philosopher But one can never be a failure As how do you measure failure As it has no beginning No middle and no end     Outlaw  

  • Electricity Is My Fashion

    I am wearing a flame red dress today To celebrate the extreme temperatures I love your crisp white cotton shirt And your cool navy blue chinos     China Blue

  • 04:30 Summer

    Blush clouds hang in the early morning sky These are the same remembered evening clouds The air is already warm as travels from room to room   We are both standing naked in front of full length mirrors And are photographing ourselves in the half light of the dawn I have received yours and now […]

  • Fashionista

    Anna where have you been Outlaw’s house Why Because I wanted to read his diary I did not know that he kept one Neither did I until I found it Is there much in it Not really He keeps a record of the miles he has walked Is he a keen walker No He just […]

  • Peter Petra and Jane

    Peter Petra and Jane Were hunting butterflies In Central Folkestone They did this once a year On the eleventh day of July They spent the rest of their year Sketching the unusual bus station Using a variety of coloured pencils

  • Girl with a Butterfly Net

    As Jane and I walked away from Folkestone Bus Station A girl carrying a white butterfly net crossed our path   It was a strange thing to be carrying in the centre of this coastal town As not many butterflies are found at or near to the pleasant bus station   I thought it to […]

  • Letter to the Local Rag

    Sir As we live quite close to The Zetland Arms in Kingsdown we consider it our local if such an animal exists. However we did notice a couple of errors on page six of the What’s On supplement in this week’s paper. Firstly Kingsdown is nearer to Walmer than it is to Deal by a good mile and […]

  • Swimming Pool Lima

    I am a lazy fellow who spends much of his time Near his own swimming pool Or the swimming pools of his many friends It is an almost dreamlike existence Swimming and sunbathing But also enjoying the bare breasts of the women present   And here it ends for me as I am now beginning […]