I managed to break my leg playing football And because of that I was condemned To the Skool Raffia Class with all the girlie girls I was soon joined by Stevie (crusty pants) Caldwell Who had also broken his leg but in two places The art teacher Miss Dennis ran these lessons She was one […]

Warm summer evenings With friends The local cider Explorations High spirits Darkness cloaked Our nocturnal rebellion The barn still stands Much unchanged But we are no longer there And will never return

When I was younger My cousins used to sleep In the barn They would rest in the hay loft But it was memorable For all the wrong reasons As the hay contained All kinds of minute creatures Who feasted on their dreams

We have a barn At the end Of our home field Which lost its doors In a violent storm But it is far from derelict It can be seen clearly From from the farmhouse And is used to shelter What few animals we possess I sometime sleep in this barn So that I may study […]

It is a strange creature With a cats head Cats paws and cats feet Yet it has a sack-like body Which is far from feline in appearance It does not talk And just sits On a coloured cushion Staring into space

I don’t like negroes. They all give me a pain, and the more of them I see, the less and less I like them. Who wrote that Joe Flannery O’Connor Some people might find that unkind Possibly but she was just being honest There is nothing wrong about being honest Flo Do you agree with her views […]

She whispered Mama In an almost inaudible voice

Her face was aged Yet her eyes Were childlike And full of wonder She touched my hair With her gentle fingers Her mother must Have been a golden blonde

I do like this time of year When Spring fades into Summer The days lengthen and the air warms Summer dresses celebrate their colour And the migrant birds Swoop high in the sky Diary entry 26th March

He has a small studio An ex railway carriage Not far from the sea He lives there With his sculptures And his partner Tabby An art student From a local college They make an odd couple Who although very polite Are rather shy I did not know Until quite recently That his simple works Have […]