As I float lifeless in the sea I look at my semi distant study And wonder what I might have written If I had not jumped from its high window But I am not unhappy far from it As the sun always follow the moon Neither really vanish in their entirety I have just completed […]

In my study that overlooks the sea I watch the tides come and go I watch the passages of the moon And the passages of the sun My study is one of the only places Where I can actually feel my life Fading and growing at the same time

In my study that overlooks the sea There is a clock Just an ordinary clock But it does not tell the time In fact it does very little As I alone am left to interpret Its mysterious geography

Did you have philosophy with Judith  I did  What was it like  Stimulating  Do I stimulate you  Not really  Why  Before you have a flat view of the universe  Did you say universe  Yes  Then that is not philosophy  But astronomy  You are changing before my eyes Anna  Coffee Please  Black  No white  I prefer […]

I saw you briefly in a Canterbury park You were asking for directions How beautiful you were Slight with raven black hair But I knew that you were trapped As your husband was of an orthodox faith A faith that cared nothing for beauty You would bear many children And lose your looks in the […]

This is the last station buffet in England It is also the first station buffet in England It is nearer to Calais than it is to London I admire its windows back and front An average car has a number of windows These windows travel vast distances An average house has many windows But these […]

On a very hot beach day I collected 28 lucky shells And placed them on a beautiful blue plate I then added two white vases Full of colourful wild flowers   I should have been an artist Instead of a Gas Station Butterfly

There is a zombie on my washing line I think it is Japanese but I cannot be sure It is quite disgusting all bones decay and d   I think it has a thing about pigeons As it screams at them as they feed On my rotting violet lilac bird table   Soon I will […]

When I was released from prison just over five years ago I dug up the loot and purchased a house in Looe Nobody knew of my past which was useful As I had an aggressive budgie which I named Surf Nazi’s Shaft America/Michael For Short This bird had an even more chequered history than me […]

Unlike previous days when the air was humid The sea breezes that greeted Friday were considerably cooler Jane was preparing an apricot tart in the red kitchen And I was painting a rambling shed in her lilac lady garden We were both looking towards the southern downs As we had plans to walk there later […]