Author: Stuart Miller-Osborne

  • Turning Into the Void

    From a high vantage we watched the battle progress We watched as young men ignorant of delicate flowers Were torn apart by the confusion of war Each man slaughtered had experienced a childhood Whether idyllic or not this was of no matter It was their childhood Which now lay shattered in the mud of the […]

  • Loving Strangers

    The woman joined the train at Canterbury and sat opposite Alex even though the train was quite empty She was quite tall and Alex thought that she resembled her although her hair was much darker I see you have a book on Turner a wonderful artist Yes I have just spent some time in Margate […]

  • The Spanish Crossing

    A Birthday at Sea The morning was quite beautiful With a wide wide white sky The afternoon disappointed me As darker clouds inhibited my enjoyment   The Geology Professor A geology professor picked me up in the ships bar I was not attracted to him But we fucked for hours in my cabin This was […]

  • Love

    Alex-Alex and Alec were sitting at the breakfast table sharing breakfast The morning sun was breaking free from the heavy anvil clouds Alec looked at his sister and smiled Are you thinking of my scar again Alec often thought of this sister’s scar which ran from her lowest rib to her pelvis She had been […]

  • The Tall Grasses of Tagomothea

    During the seasons remarkable These grasses even when dead Display a timeless colour Even their seeds are adored  

  • Lola and Lolita

    Lola and Lolita were sitting in the trap whilst the horses rested Rain was forecast but the clouds although gathering were high in the sky Let us make peace or our journey will be dreadful I cannot see the heather It is the paint and pigments that hide the heather but there are areas to […]

  • Fabian Gill

    Spool 2 Unchecked tickets please Thank you Thank you Unchecked tickets Seventeen pages There were seventeen pages can you believe that? It was a moderate success I was slightly embarrassed but my GP said it was quite common and totally harmless The cream was lavender in colour but smelt of bleach Spool 2 complete duration […]

  • The Chronicles of Nelly the Pirate (Fragment)

    6 My sister is trapped in a Rood Screen I have made no attempt to rescue her This fact is noted in my chronicles 9 My favourite colour is blue tinged with grey I always wear clothes of this colour When travelling north 13 My body was found some sixty years After my initial disappearance […]

  • Black Spotted White Sharks

    Black Spotted White Sharks Have been spotted off of southern coasts I am aware of their vanities These small differences are critical  

  • The Poetry Field

    You have shown me evidence Of a hard winter Your soil now crumbles in my hand