Joe is good at chess  Really  Yes  But he tells me that the game bores him  He is winding you up Sephine  Joe understands the game clearly  But one thing slows him down  That being  His ability to think in abstraction  That is what makes his poetry so special  What about ewe Josie  What about […]

It was so avoidable So fucking avoidible  But nobody listened  And because if that  The world was punished  Nothing has changed  If anything the decay is deeper  Twenty Eight is a Perfect Number   Nely Elle Romy Oliver (2024)

I sleep with my eyes open  As I am terrified of my dreams 

I had only been in the city for just a week  But it felt like a year  As the heat was so intense  My new Greek friend had written her number on my arm  But now it was smudged  And impossible to read    I knew that she worked in a bookshop  But there were many […]

She was wearing a bright red duffle coat  It looked worn but was still chic  I felt that she was hiding something from me  When I asked her to reveal her secret  She handed me a large book  Papillons du Monde  Butterflies of the World  It was raining outside  So I invited her to stay the […]

I was on the station platform  Lou was running towards me  She was not wearing shoes  Her feet were bleeding As the roads were rough  I took her to the restroom  And washed her feet 

Although the snow lies deep around us  I feel an intense happiness  We are in a summer meadow  You are lying naked next to me  Voltaire’s  Lettres philosophiques  Covers your modesty  As there are those  Who would lust after you  I am writing to my English Friends  How elegant they are The Hoar Frost  Haunts the […]

One of my greatest pleasures in life  Is to book a hotel room in an unknown city  Within view of passing trains I undress fully and stand naked at the window  Watching their illuminated lives  I only retire when I can to longer  Stand the heat between my thighs  My name is Alma  Just Alma  I have […]

Epping recently visited Epping  And purchased a small mug  A Present from Epping  Epping went to Epping  And purchased a mug from Epping  A Present from Epping  Which is now at rest On my single wooden shelf 

When challenged  He squealed  Like a virgin  On her finest date  Liars always squeal  When they are found out  I am on Platform Three