The above number is not random It is the sum total of my writings Between 2013 and 2025 Mostly consisting of poems fictions and satires It is an impressive total And I am comfortable with it To celebrate this achievement I have decided to rewrite a poem a satire and a fiction Not to better […]

Whilst I was at university I met Shirl Block and Nelson And together we created Mellow Yellow Which was sometimes known as Yellow M It was a punkish group very much on the tails of the genre And to out great surprise we became rather popular Possibly it was down to Shirl wearing a red […]

Snowdrops Keep falling On my head Ted Some have Even landed On our bed Fred Then you shall be Wed Zed Said Ned Lynn Jeff Jed

I am in love with my shadow But it refuses to acknowledge me This frustrates But we are still good friends

The hardest thing to explain Is what one cannot see

Think for yourself Draw your own conclusions Decide on your own values Live by your own standards Kill your own leaders

Josie said that Sephine is travelling 2 Rome with ewe That is correct Will it be a romantic weekend No we are catching the rugger How did ewe blag the tickets I did not blag the tickets Like many I paid for them Who do you think I am Keira I did not know that […]

Joe Penny Are you good Some of the time What do you think of the clotheshorse It was wrong in every way The coat was wrong You do not wear a bulky coat No matter how nice If you are middle aged And slamming on the weight What about the shoes What about the fucking […]

I have a confession to make The confession is that I cried At the end of a recent movie I disguised it as an asthma attack This was the first time That I had cried in a cinema Since watching the final scenes Of Les Parapluies de Cherbourg The movie that made me cry just […]

For many years Jon Jerome had believed in UFOs He anticipated an invasion possibly in Sidcup Kent God had told him to wait in a coffee bar Angels with Black Faces on the High Street I spoke to him this morning Over Raisin Latte Strawberry Reds We agreed that the invasion Had not yet taken […]