22222 I should be saying happy palindrome day This is the first palindrome since the 11111 What were you doing then Anna I was living in a garage A garage Yes a garage in Greece Why were you there I was living with Graham and Gertie What were you doing in 2011 Anna I was […]

I always do things that make me happy Whether it is completing a watercolour Or listening to Louis Armstrong on the beach Although I am of a meagre talent I create postcards using meadow grass And bring dry colours into brilliant life This is how I pass my quiet sea days Here in this village […]

Le perle Le rubis Millis was sitting in the corner of the room on a worn settee She was drunk and had been drinking heavily since she returned from her grandmother’s funeral The chain which swept down over your once ivory throat Will never as it used to do adorn your breasts Your breasts will […]

Equidistant Six months ago the sun was high in the perfect sky and the air was agreeable to all Our weather today is different with heavy cloud obscuring the winter warm sun The breeze is still mild but the fields no longer scream   It’s Local Phillip I travel by train each day but both […]

Winter Wedding Bleak narrow country lane The fallen leaves are almost hidden Crushed and motionless They are colourless now A young man in a black suit and brown shoes Walks nervously towards the ancient church He is careful to avoid the deceptively deep puddles For his sister is due to marry her love In the […]

On the day of his marriage The rich man left a pot of gold On the porch of his impressive house He dared the villagers to steal his wealth But they ignored the golden pot And enjoyed the richness of their simple lives On the day that the rich man died The oldest man in […]

One night during a winter’s storm an elephant arrived in a village The villagers looked upon the magnificent creature in amazement Some suggested slaughter as they were starving whilst others suggested selling the tusks This would bring income into their sparse spread homes they thought Their disagreements turned inwards and many died The creature much […]

Three Blind Men and an Elephant Three friends blind since birth stumbled upon an elephant They knew not what the creature was and in turns touched it It is a lion I have touched lions before No you are mistaken my friend it is a primate magnificent The third man touched the elephant He did […]

Sweet Corn   We run like rivers run ragged Through the golden gasp waves No thoughts of winter or the autumn fires Mar our soft recreation   Kingfisher If you look towards imagined lands From cliffs high above the sea You will pause in thought And question your sense of migration     Far Away (Kingfisher) […]

You Handsome Dog Handsome was the type of man who when entering a room turned heads He was aware of this fact and his life was a series of failed relationships He would date beautiful women and expect them to admire him   You was a church warden and was very happy in his calling […]