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  • La Vallee

    The luminous process of the owls was nearly at an end and the silence of the valley was slowly returning From our bed I could see a heat mist gathering above the trees It was unlikely that we would stray far from the veranda due to the heat In an hour I would collect the […]

  • The Automatic Hate Machine

     I am in an organic space ship and am exploring its various decks There are many people with me Each with their own agenda I need a coffee but am told that Only the vacancy of space is available   I do not have many friends I like it that way As it is uncomplicated […]

  • You said it would be forever

    You said it would be forever But you left me for a strawberry Before the year was out Even though it was a Grade One Best Kent Strawberry I felt compelled to act And squashed it under my foot I received a thousand -year jail sentence Without parole But was released within a week Due […]

  • Lytton in the Cornfield

    On the day of the children’s party I was washing the dishes in the large kitchen When I saw Lytton walking through the cornfield towards the house He was wearing a pale suit and a wide brimmed brown hat and had been hired as the children’s entertainer for the day I found this strange as […]

  • Notes from St Pancras

    Kinetic Greeting  Your greeting shields the clock face But few care For we are now in the city Where time passes without passion Let us all embrace   Calm John  I think it might rain today  The wind is whipping up  An umbrella is advised  Each day I see trains come and go  Some are […]

  • Maurice

    It is raining Maurice gets wet It is not raining Maurice stays dry But how do you know that it is raining Or whether Maurice is wet or dry   If I suspended this question for a year and in that time Maurice travelled to Mars would I need to ask the question And how […]

  • Toggle Set

    Charlie  You shall go to Singapore  As you are nearest  To the toggle set   Lucy  You shall take my place  On the tree top path  As I am scared of heights   Maurice  Please visit the garden  Of the tigers  As I am colour blind   

  • At Peace with Jupiter

    We are following the road winds Just you and I And in this darkness may fall and die   The eclipse of Jupiter is near Just days away Let us find shelter and await the display

  • Sapphic Thoughts Kensington 2019

    When reading my poetry at a gathering recently I was asked by a rather butch woman whether I was a lesbian I explained to her that I was to all intents a man and in possession of a rather happy penis She said that her question had arisen whilst reading my poetry and that she […]

  • Fireflies

    The moon hangs low over the sea Suma beach is deserted Apart from the fireflies   Moon The moon hangs low over the sea Suma beach is deserted Apart from the fireflies