Today I attended a memorial service To honour four American soldiers Who died on this exact day Seventy-six years ago   It was a peaceful and dignified gathering Held under bright September skies And during the moments of quiet reflection I was sure that I could hear the passing of time     Walmer Railway […]

Poetry is an awareness of the world  That others might feel but not see  If I said apples and chairs and pubic hairs  What would it mean to you    Nothing   That is totally correct as apart from the rhyme  There is not much of a relationship between  Apples and chairs and pubic hairs  […]

In a railway goods yard far from home Four American soldiers died in an accident Tomorrow a plaque will be unveiled in their memory

People exist in their own universe  Nowhere else  They laugh at their own peculiar jokes What do you do when you witness these creatures I think of empty crisp packets and my childhood in Middlesbrough with me Angela I will my love You told me that you were born in Singapore I was born in […]

The days are beginning to shorten And the skies are hardening   The sun still retains some warmth But is slowly fading to grey  

I fell into a well well well I fell into a well I was looking at the sky so high When I fell into a well Which confirmed to me That matter in constant motion I fell into a well well well I fell into a well I was looking at the sky so high […]

My poetry will be of great importance to some But will be meaningless to others

Why did you not kill me when you had the chance    Because I did not think that you deserved to die  

It was one of those hot clear days That Folkestone sees so much of  With every colour incredibly bright  And every outline hard and defined   Jane and I were walking along The Leas And admiring the spectacular views out to sea The temperature was touching twenty eight degrees It was so hot that the […]

You had a fall whilst walking in this wonderful park We were descending a rough path when you slipped I was a metre behind you and partially broke your fall But you twisted your knee and this reduced you to tears   In the presence of such beauty you experienced pain Which after I collected […]