Author: Stuart Miller-Osborne

  • Glass

    We are all voyeurs He said  Otherwise glass would not have been invented But what of mirrors? I asked It was God’s first creation So that we might admire our own reflection   I was admiring the poem which was hanging in Phillip’s hall It was written by Solange I think it is rather good […]

  • Masks

    Pomegranate Purple Was tattooed on the right arm of a female skinhead who passed me in the street It was surrounded by garlands of red and white roses When I saw the girl again I asked her about the significance of her tattoo She replied that the tattoo had been a gift from a bus […]

  • Sleepwalking

    I wish to sleep walk Half awake and half asleep So that I may always smile And never weep   But like many others I have lost those Who I have loved And I believe that sleepwalking May lessen my pain So that I can remember my happiness Again and again   I wish to […]

  • The Polish Soldier

    On September the 5th 1940 A Polish soldier Named Joseph Krzowoski Gave my father A book written by Sir Walter Scott On my 6th birthday My father gave the book to me I have yet to read this book But plan to quite soon  

  • Dearest Rachel

    Arrived safely as you can see.   The weather if anything has been too hot. George has scorched his bald head. I might have to restrict our beach visits Really he is such a child. Our hotel is nice and I look forward each day to our evening meal. See you on Saturday We will […]

  • The Changing Light of Marlborough

    As the slender spiders web moved in the gentle breeze Two Americans stood beneath it For it was constructed high   And admired the intricate workmanship of the spider   They had tried to buy a watercolour In a nearby shop But as they pondered It was stolen from them   A fly is trapped […]

  • Travelling East

    You are travelling to Telford Give my regards to the Iron Bridge I am travelling to Benfleet With Wren Wren Leipzig A goldfinch with a phenomenal intellect   If you send me a couple of selfies From your hotel room I will release the goldfinch And instruct it to travel in a northerly direction   […]

  • Travelling South

    You are travelling to Telford Give my regards to the Iron Bridge I am travelling to Bonchurch With Wren Wren Leipzig A goldfinch with a phenomenal intellect   If you send me a couple of selfies From your hotel room I will release the goldfinch And instruct it to travel in a northerly direction   […]

  • Travelling West

    You are travelling to Telford Give my regards to the Iron Bridge I am travelling to Marlborough With Wren Wren Leipzig A goldfinch with a phenomenal intellect   If you send me a couple of selfies From your hotel room I will release the goldfinch And instruct it to travel in a northerly direction   […]

  • Travelling North

    You are travelling to Telford Give my regards to the Iron Bridge I am travelling to Oxford With Wren Wren Leipzig A goldfinch with a phenomenal intellect   If you send me a couple of selfies From your hotel room I will release the goldfinch And instruct it to travel in a northerly direction   […]