When I was younger My cousins used to sleep In the barn They would rest in the hay loft But it was memorable For all the wrong reasons As the hay contained All kinds of minute creatures Who feasted on their dreams

We have a barn At the end Of our home field Which lost its doors In a violent storm But it is far from derelict It can be seen clearly From from the farmhouse And is used to shelter What few animals we possess I sometime sleep in this barn So that I may study […]

It is a strange creature With a cats head Cats paws and cats feet Yet it has a sack-like body Which is far from feline in appearance It does not talk And just sits On a coloured cushion Staring into space

I don’t like negroes. They all give me a pain, and the more of them I see, the less and less I like them. Who wrote that Joe Flannery O’Connor Some people might find that unkind Possibly but she was just being honest There is nothing wrong about being honest Flo Do you agree with her views […]

She whispered Mama In an almost inaudible voice

Her face was aged Yet her eyes Were childlike And full of wonder She touched my hair With her gentle fingers Her mother must Have been a golden blonde

I do like this time of year When Spring fades into Summer The days lengthen and the air warms Summer dresses celebrate their colour And the migrant birds Swoop high in the sky Diary entry 26th March

He has a small studio An ex railway carriage Not far from the sea He lives there With his sculptures And his partner Tabby An art student From a local college They make an odd couple Who although very polite Are rather shy I did not know Until quite recently That his simple works Have […]

I have been approached On many occasions The requests are identical To film my life story I have always refused Until Martha asked me My only condition Was that a black actor Be used to portray Joe This was agreed And the movie Was released last week To good reviews I think that The Guardian […]

and we’ll treat your lawn the flyer that dropped through my post box announced that a certain company would seed feed and weed my lawn this excited me so much that i soon added to the artwork the blonde with her back to me suddenly received a prominent butt crack even though she was wearing […]