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  • Red Red Robin and Other Poems

    Red Red Robin You are the master of your territories And greet me warmly when I visit your home We wear our bloodied aprons with pride   Jenny Wren Tiny Jemmy Wren You shelter meekly Against the winter winds I offer you my home But you prefer the frozen fields   Kite You glide above […]

  • I Love Fountains

    I was on the storm beach today when I found a strange pebble Let me describe it to you as I think that this needs to be shared It is mainly grey but has considerable areas of pink in contrast Added to this are the speculative shades of brown and a few white scars I […]

  • The Perfect Normandy

    I have friends in the Channel Islands who insist that they are not in Normandy This however is not true as they are part of Normandy as much as Cherbourg Rouen and Le Havre Dogs and bitches are often called Norman and Joan in defiance of this reported geography I have no such problem as […]

  • Mermaid

    I have fallen in love with a mermaid  A mermaid that I met last year  During our holiday in Greece  Does that mean that we are finished  That you do not love me anymore  Do not be foolish Anna the mermaid was only a mosaic  At the bottom of a swimming pool  Yet she was […]

  • One Hurts the Other Doesn’t

    A few days ago I tripped over My French wooden bed In a moment of sheer carelessness I hurt a toe and upset the other one At first I thought I had broken Both of these small toes But once the swelling had faded They were shown to be bruised But still very very painful […]

  • Platform 12 at Etwah

    I am sitting on a concrete jetty in a small town on the east coast of Amerika My feet are dangling in the pleasantly warm sea Our dog Lucy is watching a few gulls squabbling over a striken sandwich   I have closed my eyes and am working in a bookstall on platform 12 On […]

  • The Moon and Jane

    I envy the moon as it gets to caress Your naked body as you sleep But it does not share your dreams

  • Sleeping With Eunice

    When I woke from my storm dreams I expected chaos but there was only calm After I had looked out of my top window I promised The beach that I would visit her later in the day I knew then that I was in a relationship with a crab   Within the hour the whipping […]

  • The Harvest King

    The Harvest King Will forever ride With soft Eve Pendle At his side       Eve Pendle 2022

  • My Sister in Paris

    My sister in Paris recently sent me six lavender handkerchiefs I will keep them in my bottom drawer Until the day that I meet the girl of my dreams I am a rather choosy flower Who will not share her life and her beloved books As I am so much greater than my raven looks […]