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  • In Railroad Yards

    I sometimes sneak into Railroad yards at night It is the stillness That fascinates me More than anything else I often see small insects Nocturnally active Searching for food Mine is a solitary occupation But one that is full of pleasure

  • Water Meadow

    Where did it all go wrong Valerie She was once a great waterway Straight as a die coast to coast But is now barely damp Under our bare feet

  • False Canal

    Why were you forgotten When once you were A major waterway

  • The Canal

    On the 5th March 2018 during repairs to a lock on the Dorset Canal workman found the skeleton of a murder victim Tests on the skeletal remains determined that these were the remains of a man of about thirty and that they had been underwater for over ninety years The cause of death has not […]

  • The Side Long Glances of a Pigeon Kicker

    Is the title of a very obscure seventies movie Which I have never watched But I stole the title For a piece of art that I created When I thought I was an artist And not a poet I had the vision but not the dexterity Which cannot be said for my poetry Where God […]

  • Lodge Park (fragment)

    Pappy was annoyed at Richard as he had promised to be at Lodge Park by seven but had called her to say that he was still in Poole She placed an importance of her mini breaks with her husband as they were periods of calm in their busy lives It has been over five years […]

  • Moquette Lovers

    I watched you admiring the moquette On more mornings than I can remember But you never looked up at me We shared an obscure passion I wore a Colindale tie And you wore a Landmark sweater But we never connected And then you were gone You no longer shared my train I still stroke the […]

  • Urban Decay

    If I could end urban decay By walking down a street On a very warm day Wearing a colourful dress Then I would do so Alice Amy Adams

  • Biographical Note

    Joe is an Anti-Philosopher who was born at the age of 63 He travels through an hallucinatory London in a sieve And collects the turds of all politicians no matter their leanings He is often called King Turd by those who dislike him But mostly is referred to as a cunt   Which he has […]

  • Ammonite

    Ammonites were marine animals belonging to the phylum Mollusca and the class Cephalopoda. They had a coiled external shell similar to that of the modern nautilus. In other living cephalopods, e.g. octopus, squid and cuttlefish, the shells are small and internal, or absent. I was in a museum shop Looking at some pieces Of polished Jet […]