In a matter of an hour I visited three castles And a colourful rockery You may think That these are wild boasts Of a tired apricot But I can assure you That this is not true As ripe apricots Do not ride bicycles

On the last day of the war I shot an enemy soldier But I did not kill him He propped himself up Against a ruined wall And smiled sweetly at me As he knew he was dying I reached out and held His bloody hand And for the next hour We listened to the birds […]

You were in front of Bath Abbey And asked me to read poetry to you As you sank into your deep warm blue I chose the poems of Thomas Hardy   This was my only travelling book You closed your eyes and listened But then your mutt licked me gently And interrupted my pastoral flow […]

You were in the bath And asked me to read poetry to you As you sank into your deep warm blue I chose the poems of Thomas Hardy   This was my only travelling book You closed your eyes and listened But then your mutt come into the bathroom And interrupted my pastoral flow   […]

I have never visited Battersea Park But whenever I visit this park I see the ghosts of my former self

I have some very lazy habits such as throwing my used shirts into an untidy pile My slovenly behaviours are tolerated by my wife as she loves me greatly But of late I have noted that she has begun to converse with my lonely shirts As she is keen to share their life experiences and […]

Many years ago when I was working in Israel I used to visit a beach near my apartment It as there that I met my future wife Who was in charge of the beach bar And like me was fascinated by the tourists Who had the ability to walk on water We would watch them […]

Jacqueline walked to the beach from her leafy home She was wearing a multi-coloured coat Which she left in her bag Next to the crimson rocks Whilst she was swimming in the sea A thief stole her bag and left her naked Under the waves until a passing fishing boat Caught her in their complex […]

Jacqueline is wearing a coat soaked in purple dye Which has turned yellow in the fresh sea air   Jacqueline does not understand this change But still finds her coat attractive Especially in the northern cities   Jacqueline and her Amazing Coat Jacqueline is wearing a coat soaked in yellow dye Which has turned purple […]

I found him a boy of my own age sitting against a tree in my father’s orchard At first I thought that he was asleep but a bullet wound just under his left ear confirmed to me that he was dead His hands were still warm although the sweat on his brow was sticky and […]