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  • Still Life with Three Limes

    I shared a flat with three sisters Who all loved me as a brother We thrived as we all loved film posters Ours was a free but platonic existence Which surprised all of those who visited us On my wall I hung the movie posters From Zabriskie Point to Easy Rider As I longed to…

  • The Endless Summer 3

    He had dreams of growing  Hundreds of olive trees In the shadows Of our volcano

  • The Endless Summer 2

    It is the seven string lyre of Apollo  An instrument that heals  Antiquity suggests that therapy  Was done using music 

  • The Endless Summer

    Eith lived in Amsterdam in a top floor flat  Which overlooked one of the many canals  I often stayed in the flat in a small room That was totally dominated by a movie poster  Although slightly torn it was an impressive addition  That brightened up the tedium of the walls   

  • The powerful play

    Leslie Van Houghton Wrote these words In his battered diary Just before he was killed The powerful play Are there any complaints I gave his diary to Lynda When I visited her She returned it to me A few months later And noted that I had shared this part Of his life and death And…

  • The Only True Paradise

    Is a paradise lost I had carved Proust Into the butt of my rifle If nothing else It made sense of the slaughter I had once loved my country But I feel almost nothing now Soldiers no longer smiled Except when dead They returned in coffins Covered in thin false flags

  • Love in Estonia

    It is considered unfashionable to love Estonia And I am often teased about it by foreign students Who have not yet discovered the meaning of love Letter from Daphne (July 2026)

  • Estonia

    I have always been very impressed With the education system here in Estonia I feel that I have had a well rounded education I agree as in a month I will be in Greece At an art school with my sister Daphne It was awarded to us both by the mayor Letter from Victor/Victoria (July…

  • It’s Been Such a Long Journey Millie Mills

    What are your dreams like Do you still even dream I no longer dream I have not had a dream Since I returned home That was nearly a year ago And I am beginning to realise That my war is now over And that rather strangely I was one of the lucky ones Nobody is…

  • Lost Flowers

    When I looked at his flowers In my large English garden I found no Arabs or Jews I found no Negroes or Hispanics I found no Pederasts or Homosexuals I found little of much offence In this slim volume of his poetry in memory of my late father who died on this day in 1962