Joyce When I was in Southern France a few years ago I noticed a woman in a bikini shopping in a supermarket Nobody but me thought it strange I thought I was being too English But I have noticed of late That whilst not in shops The wearing of bikinis in the street has become […]

And the stars above you Become famous Ramsgate Jones I found this note wedged between two bricks in the town yesterday

Maude do you realise that Ingmar Bergman Died on the same day as Michelangelo Antonioni July 30th 2007 Both were famous film directors And that Natalie Wood and Diana Rigg Were born on the same date July 20th 1938 Both were famous actresses You have not been doing much lately Have you Ralph The Mathematics […]

Dreaming in a place of drowning A hazardous occupation Uncomfortable A wizard of fair perfumes Volcano City What silly notes are these As I have just arrived With a heavy case on tiny wheels Book in and then write clearly Jesse Jo

Josie I am a little X with ewe Why Because you told Rosie About the Manchester incident I did not think that you would mind It came up in conversation As we were chatting about the state of the country The attacks on free speech and everything else I did not think that it would […]

Joe I have just run into Josie and her beautiful girlfriend What a lovely couple they are You must be so proud I am very happy for them Are they visiting your mother Yes Where are you In Richmond planning the revolution But I will be down this weekend It will be lovely to see […]

When I was a schoolboy I would study the interiors Of railway carriages I liked the publicity photographs One photograph really fascinated me It showed my aunt at a northern station She was dressed in blue and holding a dove

You were sitting on a beach Wearing a white shirt White shorts Both cotton Sketching trees

Xavier Xavier loved above a cafe In a rural town in South Western France He lived with a teacher named Mercedes A Who he initially employed to water his planta Qhilst he was travelling in Ebglans and Norway She was a thin attractive dirl who was very shy Abd dressed badly as nut ti attract […]

Whilst on a winding summer road Jane and I stumbled upon a Festival of Jam We thought it might be jazz based But we were wrong As it was a Jam Festival With hundreds of jars of jam Made from all fruits and even concrete I purchased a jar of Concrete Jam Which was rather […]