You do not live On the earth You are just Passing through Sometimes you stop And open your eyes These are the rarest Moments like these are rare Rumi

Memories Red Memories Blue Share my memories Gerius Do

It was a capital offence To pick up scattered grains of corn My mother was executed For such a ghastly crime of greed But I survived those terrible years Many died but I ate the leftover rats rotting And drank the acid waters From the blank putrid sewers I am now a minor official in […]

I was a late guest of times past But this residence has now ended And I am without the hollow bells That would have mourned my passing

Sue Met Du Fu Pale Blue Near the Zoo

Du Fu Met Sue Pale Blue Near the Zoo

The artist Georgie has lent me her studio As she now paints in Berlin Her studio is much bigger than my London studio And I am using the bright white Kent light To a great advantage in a series of small paintings I have become friends with the writer Joe Who has promised to sit […]

The artist Georgie invited us to her studio But we had to wear costumes From the South Seas I came as Paul Gauguin Paulette accompanied me Dressed as a man In a floppy brown suit We left at two in the morning Quite sober as neither of us drank This get together inspired me to […]

My former home is slowly Sinking into the green mire I am standing on its flat roof My name is Juliet Barber A foul industrial landscape Completely surrounds me It smells of rotting chemicals The air is thick rancid and grey I cannot see that far As the smog is ocean deep In a week […]

Earlier today I saw a star Hiding in the clouds I found this very strange And tried to take a photo But a frog had eaten my phone