Janet and Margot take holidays together Janet paints Margot sculpts They use each other as life models Between their long walks and church visits Later they swim with Jesus in the hotel pool Before returning to the convent on the hill

What is your favourite poem Joe That is a difficult question Margot If I pressed you what is your favourite poem I would imagine that it will be my next poem As they are all my children none are favoured

Whenever I read his poems I find that I sleep well A different girl wakes up in her pale green room I do not actually have a favourite poem They are all as good as each other Foundations of my Dreams

I was confined to a wheelchair After my road traffic accident Once a day my carer Adele Pops in to wash me in the bath This necessitates her state of undress Which I enjoy a great deal I recently asked her to marry me But she sweetly refused As she had recently become engaged To…

Time does not exist on Wednesdays No Water No Beer No Wine Is a bar opposite Barbara’s apartment I can see it from her settee Barbara was a choreographer Before her accident She is planning to return To The Company Pina When her injuries finally heal

The railway station closed down Over fifty years ago But still stands although much reduced The totems Show traces of the original location Ni go r

Is heavy with my child I can feel it moving High within the night

It was Tuesday and the city was standing still as it always did on Tuesdays Nathan was washing his hippy length hair with an Australian shampoo His father Josh owned a shop in the street of gables which sold homemade super computers It was called Ada for obvious reasons And then there was Julie super…

I am waiting for my coach at the bus station It is due to arrive in three hours At least it will be warm as this station is very cold My journey will take just over five hours I would have caught a train but services are suspended Due to the landslips in the south…

See that ladder on the huge tank It is over twenty metres high My brother who is without sight Once climbed to the top on an icy day He could not see the hills in the mist But explained that he could sense them When he was later arrested by the police