Our language is composed of many short words Ans some much shorter ones Here is an example I was travelling on a train in a compartment designed in the nineteen-thirties  The wood panels were high;y polished and complemented by clear mirrors and shadded lights  But what really rook my fancy were the blue and green […]

magnolia petals fall the spring matures

catkins in the north wind the spring breeze weeps  

the sun sinks the sun rises the sea is constant

after the storm sea grasses bleed green  

the moon is hiding in the clouds it is reflected in the lake

I read somewhere that cities such as Bath and Oxford borrow from the light from the sun in the morning and returns it with a great gratitude as the evening draws in But what of Margate It is a town of many buildings some quite lovely but none can be called outstanding as is the […]

You are walking around our holiday home In my Benfica football shirt and nothing else I have brought it with me as we are going to a match In a white stadium in a few days time The red shirt really suits you But I have asked you not to get it wet When you […]

orange mist sun bird flies over the sea

I can feel this lovely town An island within an island Half hidden in the haze Our beaches stretch into infinity And always reward my gaze     Written on a postcard