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  • The White Light of Margate

    A gaggle of girls are sitting on a stone bench Watching the incoming tide I am aimlessly reading The Fundamentals of Marxism-Leninism  As I wander towards the Margate Sands You are collecting coloured sea glass Blue Green Green Blue Blue Green We are all bathed in the white light of the day

  • Favourite Colour

    We share a great deal Our love of nature Our love of the sea But what does The colour purple Do for you and me

  • Rosa Luna

    I was named Rosa Luna As the garden roses Looked so beautiful In the pale moonlight   I rather like my lovely name And I now work in Sils Maria Serving Dragon Tea to my guests In the gardens of Nietzsche-Haus  

  • I am Bolivian

    I am Bolivian But I would Rather be English   I am English But I would Rather be Bolivian

  • Myriam Saul

    Translated from the Hebrew I translated your poem from the Hebrew Whilst waiting for the number sixty one You were so pleased with my translation That you gave me a quiet kiss and a gun   Myriam Saul Myriam Saul Myriam Saul One is short and the other tall Both are called Myriam Saul Although […]

  • The Petals and the Poem

    The petals and the poem Were smothered almost immediately By the breaking green waves    

  • Movies with Nudity

    I am making a movie about steam locomotives There will be no nudity in my movie  

  • Cowes Week

    After the racing we will retire to our sea house Where we will enjoy tea and buttered scones I am sorry to hear that your sailing injury has confined you to Deal But I have always advised you about sailing too close to the Goodwin Sands Give me the Solent any time dear brother she […]

  • Poems Written during my walk to Wilton Windmill 20/6/17

    Wilton Windmill I am told by the old men of the village That St Andrew was crucified on your dark sails Whether this is true or not is not my concern But today I have been accompanied By The Lucia Jacinta and Francisco Who will sprinkle Holy Water on your master bricks And absolve you […]

  • Summer Solstice Avebury (June 21 2017)

    Those who witnessed the dawn are fading gradually Some remain in small communities under the decorated trees Temperatures are in the nineties Everything is busy but still From my vantage I can hear pan pipes mixed lightly with heavy rock People are dancing near the stones and chanting ancient words Whose meanings were lost over […]