From a very young age I have travelled on trains in France I mostly travel alone but sometimes with friends If I am on my own then I think nothing of leaving a train And spending the night at a random railway station Where I read pulp paperbacks to while away the hours I was […]

1880 Two fishing luggers are becalmed at sea Not far from the harbour at Folkestone Their crews are preparing to row To make some headway as the hour is mature   2022 The white cliffs are almost identical Today as they were then With few changes to their geography But those beautiful luggers are long […]

art imitates art life imitates life blue imitates blue red imitates red white imitates white i imitate my budgie roger who sits on his perch and watches the lodger in the small mirror that hangs from the top of his cage       outlaw

I found you fully dressed on a scruffy settee in the cabin Swimming is one of my passions And I often use the centre’s private pool Before the day starts Perhaps I might drown But I am strong swimmer So I have my doubts I often invite you to swim with me So that I […]

I thought I saw A llama and a trap When taking a nap During a holiday in Folkestone     Llamas and Alpacas Many years ago on The Leas in Folkestone Llamas could be seen pulling traps Along the Upper Leas Whilst Alpacas could only be seen pulling traps Along the Lower Leas This fact […]

I can see Jane naked in her bath But she cannot see me As I am drinking coffee In a motorway service station     Viola Gresham

Our language is composed of many short words Ans some much shorter ones Here is an example I was travelling on a train in a compartment designed in the nineteen-thirties  The wood panels were high;y polished and complemented by clear mirrors and shadded lights  But what really rook my fancy were the blue and green […]

magnolia petals fall the spring matures

catkins in the north wind the spring breeze weeps  

the sun sinks the sun rises the sea is constant