One day Dolores caught me looking Down the front of her blouse When challenged I told her that I was a hill walker Later I caught Dolores Looking down my shirt She told me That I was an uneducated ape Like many I disagree With plans to build On the Green Belt Around Bristol But…

Mary Mathene shouts Mary Mathene smokes Mary Mathene is mad

Works as a Customer Host On the High Speed Trains Marta is profoundly deaf This would normally Be a problem In a customer facing role But Marta reads very well And has Kathleen with her Should she require assistance

About a year ago I was engaged in a project Deep in Brazil I was researching Why the Amazon Once flowed In the opposite direction From East to West Instead of from West to East All went well Until I badly twisted My ankle in a fall I was confined to a village Which at…

At exactly 01:23 each morning A bus passes my house There is no reason for this As all Southern District buses Cease at half past nine This bus has travelled Along Station Road At this exact time For a number of years There is no explanation As to why this occurs

The buses in this town are Blue Purple Blue And have three decks Lower Middle Top They are called Knight Buses As a Mr Knight Owns the bus company There are no routes As these have All been declared redundant With the exception Of routes 312 and 321

Joe Josie Where is Essen In the Ruhr Valley Where is the Ruhr Valley In the Fatherland Why do you ask Because Cora’s schoolteacher Was born in Essen I think she was German Joe Josie Do you speak German Nein I do not believe you Why Because you have translated Rilke In my dreams

Christ has moved to Essen I saw him this morning Sharing a coffee With an angel He is studying the history Of West Country Television Stations I have purchased a galleon Which is docked in Bristol Awaiting repairs After it was attacked by pirates Using silver catapult cakes (New things are made familiar and familiar…

I am Finnish My name is Maarika I am blond And rather tall I have a scar on my cheek As I fell off of a horse My best friend is Icelandic We currently live in Lyon As we are both teachers Many people think we are a couple But that is not true As…

I ring Jeanne de Chiem And invite her for coffee At the Cafe of Flowers We then row my boat To an abandoned island In the middle of the estuary And pretend that we are castaways