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A Dream Within A Dream
I had studied history at Cambridge And was considered an outstanding student Much was expected of me but then I vanished It was possibly because I understood history far too well So well that I could see into the future and this frightened me Rather like the Stone Age Man who watched fast trains […]
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An Offensive Poem (an apology)
It has been brought to my attention that the above named poem offended a number of small people as well as some taller ones For this I am truly sorry It is so difficult being a poet and a fiction writer these days As I feel that God has abandoned me and without his guidance […]
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An Offensive Poem
In the early days I used to write music On the naked backs Of my girlfriends These pieces were very very Short As they were all dwarves This is an offensive poem Outlaw Do I give a fuck Anna You should give a fuck Outlaw Why Because dwarves has feelings So do lobsters but […]
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Funfair in Folkestone
When I was very young I would enjoy a beach funfair Which was not far from the harbour railway station This place of amusement has now been lost to the hunger of time And only a bell that rarely tolls and a snaking wooden boardwalk remain Neither remind me my childhood hours or the soft […]
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Mary Parker Mary Parker
Mary Parker promised To show me her tan lines If I assassinated the president This I did but I was unable To enjoy her exhibition As I had been born blind
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A Stolen Poem
On Folkestone Sands I can connect Nothing with nothing I thought of this poem When sitting on the lowest step Of a multi coloured sun terrace The tall Hawksmoor was to my right Handsome and erect A lighthouse without a light People passing people chatting Cyclists cycling walkers walking Seagulls screeching history […]
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Late Summer / Fin de l’été
Late Summer I spent a quiet afternoon Watching the wild grasses glow As the hot September winds Caressed the concrete beach Fin de l’été I knew then that my summer was fading Very slowly without theatre And that the darker months would leave me Quite alone on her extinguished stage
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Visual
What is this A photograph of a sunrise How do you feel Happy What is this A photograph of a sunset How do you feel Happy What is this A photograph of your naked wife How do you feel Confused What is this A photograph of your naked sister How do you […]
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Billy Norman Mates
Billy Norman Mates was known as Billy No Mates by his friends And Norman Bates by his loving mother Billy was a keen photographer and owned a number of cameras Although he was a very heavy sleeper Billy always rose at dawn To photograph the beauty of the sunrises on the nearby beaches During […]
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It Happened in Wimbledon
Anna have you ever taken drugs No Have you Yes Then you are stupid I only smoked So smoking is good No I did not take hard drugs That is rather like a serial killer saying that he only killed six people whereas the true professionals kill many more I always hate you once a […]