What is your most annoying habit  Breathing Seriously I have many  Name one  I sometimes leave books in their Christmas wrapping  You fail to unwrap them  No I unwrap them but use the wrapping as a mock dust jacket  Why do you do this  To remind me of the day it was received  Really  One […]

About three weeks ago I broke my ankle playing football This has left me slightly at a loss as I am now in plaster Jane and I live next to a beach But I am unable to paddle or even bathe So I stay under an invalids parasol And watch her frolic in the shallows […]

When I was nineteen years old I approached the taxi rank opposite Ealing Broadway Station Due to a football injury I was unable to walk long distances I lived about a mile away It had begun to rain There were two cabs to choose from Initially I chose the leading cab But then changed my […]

I drive my Volkswagen I sit in my Volkswagen I sit on my Volkswagen I sleep under my Volkswagen I swim in my Volkswagen I paint my Volkswagen I dance with my Volkswagen I sing to my Volkswagen I bathe in my Volkswagen I hike with my Volkswagen I love my Volkswagen     or […]

Jane and Freddy are feeding the birds It is half past seven in the morning The sea breeze is cool and the skies grey I am holding a white lantern Which has illuminated our January garden

This is a short poem by Federico Garcia Lorca who was murdered during the Spanish Civil War mainly for being a faggot It is beautiful work and is far better than I could ever imagine to write   I was the young boy eating oranges on a balcony I was an executioner during the times […]

When I take photographs I use a beat up old mobile phone camera I take many many photographs knowing that one will please me Friends say that I have an eye for the light but this confuses me They also say that I have an eye for colour and should use expensive equipment I will […]

As the evening aged I noticed a distinct perfume filling the room I was alone reading as my partner had retired after a busy day   Eden was sitting near an open window and suspected that the scent was originating from the winter garden although I had my doubts   The sea air was sharp […]

The main bedroom in our large house faces the sea It is a large room which has a main double bed near the window This is where I sleep with Octavia There is another much smaller bed against a trapped cupboard door This is occasionally used as a sick bed or when we are uncomfortable […]

Haiku grey rain clouds linger the white cliffs are in the shade my day is cooling   Haiku passing showers hide in the high clouds as they fade my month is closing   I found these two examples of haiku On The Roads to Freedom They had been painted on flat grey pebbles Using a […]