Author: Stuart Miller-Osborne

  • Late Summer Haiku

    Late Summer Haiku Hot August day dawns Cooler September hidden The rains are waiting    

  • Autumn Haiku

    Autumn winds chill us The shortening days lack pace Grey skies scar the month  

  • Haiku written on the 29th of August 2017 at St Margaret’s Bay in Kent

    Hot promenade day Visitors at rest relax Admiring the view     Girl with a dog smiles She paddles in the warm sea A passing gull dives  

  • Augustus and Stuart

    We were both sitting on the beach at St Margaret’s Bay on what was likely to be the last hot day of the summer of 2017 A sea haze had obscured France and we both watched as the Dover ferries disappeared slowly into the heavy mists I looked at the artist who was sketching Noel […]

  • Albrecht Durer

    Albrecht Durer Albrecht Durer passed my house today   Coffee Milkshake I asked him whether he would like a coffee milkshake   Dairy Products Albrecht refused my kind offer and told me that he was allergic to dairy products    

  • Lost in Russia

    I was lost in Russia for a while you know I said as I walked across the flat chalk fields near the Kingsdown cliffs My sisters Una and Muriel were with me I had not seen either of them for twenty-five years Prior to my release The huge white cliffs had not aged But we […]

  • Carrie-Anne and New Mexico

    During a break in filming Carrie-Anne returned to her trailer and made coffee for both of us Did you sleep well last night? Off and on I am not used to this heat Did you dream? Yes Anything exciting? Not really I dreamt that I purchased a Phil Collins record and inside the sleeve I […]

  • Forgotten History

    London Mission Sabbath School Class – Soldiers of the Cross Presented to Corporal Phillips 25th February 1890   The rest of the inscription was unreadable Time Closes Or so I am told  

  • Folkestone Postcard

    Folkestone Sea calm as a millpond today     August 26th 2017     Postcard Hot St Margaret’s Bay send postcard     August 29th 2017  

  • Cool August Morning

    The power lines create thin shadows Against the high city sky It is late summer But a warm day is promised We are travelling to the sea tomorrow And will swim before the sun sets   August 25th 2017