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Westbury
The town is tranquil Only a few people have ventured out They are aware of the flat clouds That threaten rain Near to the white horse A sage of publicans have gathered Splendid in their green velvet suits
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Meeting Martin Eden
The girl of the fields was quite beautiful But she had dirty hands And filthy nails Martin and I sat on a nearby wall And watched her work She was aware of our idleness But did not comment One day I will teach her English He said I will educate her as I have educated […]
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Inland Dream
This afternoon whilst resting I dreamt that I was in modern Chile Riding on a low rollercoaster With an injured pigeon And travelling in the general direction of Swansea
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Dreams of a Sexual Nature
We were lying next to each other in our centre bed Having just made love with an enormous passion A bead of sweat ran from your excited breast And lost itself in our loving sheets The river that ran next to our erotic cottage Was playing tricks with the sensuous light And we watched […]
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Dreams of a Footballing Nature
Steve was in bed with Jane The were watching Real Madrid playing Barcelona Real Madrid were winning by two goals to nil During the night Steve raked his studs down Jane’s shin And received a straight red card Jane was so disgusted with the tackle That she demanded a transfer to Las Palmas A few […]
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Lady Macbeth
It was an almost poetical day Warm rain was pouring out of the heated clouds And rivers steamed like spa’s A lorry driver had been killed on the motorway He had skidded in the heavy rain And his lorry had blocked all four lanes The city had fallen into gridlock Lucy felt strangely excited by […]
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A Cop a Girl and a Gun
A Cop a Girl and a Gun The girl in the yellow dress Was jealous of the sun So she had it arrested On a charge of voyeurism The hunky cop Who attended the crime scene Told her to get dressed As the sun had friends in high places Geese Watching Trains Three […]
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The Window Cleaner
My father was a window cleaner He cleaned windows in my home town and the surrounding villages for over forty years During the war he was stationed in India and when on leave visited the Taj Mahal The visit changed him as a man For when he returned from his war All he could speak […]
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Summer Storm Avebury
On May Month Manor Lane Each paddock had a wooden shed Not used by the cows But by young lovers Related by birth I was on the drunken bus Which fainted As it passed through The stone circle This obvious inconvenience Was tempered By a spectacular storm And our shared love of cricket
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Angola Beach Thailand
Just before you arrive at a railway station at Midgham in West Berkshire you will witness on a small hill a number of wooden stakes arranged in rough circles Although mysterious they look innocent enough but their function is to guide spaceships towards Earth Really Julie looked at her feet which were submerged in a […]