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  • Outlaw

    One day I will let my pen rest on my desk I will not pick it up again Nothing will cause this I will remain silent As I have nothing else to say  

  • I met you

    I met you   I remembered you   We had dinner together   And then we parted   We no longer correspond

  • Japanese Print

    I have a print on my bedroom wall It is Japanese Lake Ashi in Hakone Hills in Early Autumn  My father purchased this print some years ago It has not faded even though it is exposed to the sun  

  • Pumpkins Smith

    After the theatre only the silence remains   The future remains an abstract no matter how hard we plan   Even when I am quite alone I do not feel alone   Some cities reveal their past to me Whilst others remain closed  

  • Virginia by the River

    There is a recently unveiled statue of Virginia Seated next to the River Thames in Richmond She looks serene and at peace with the world But is for some reason positioned next to a waste bin I think that she would have found that amusing            

  • The Movies of Stephen Masefield

    Les Rempart des Beguines was the last movie That Stephen watched before his accident He was in love with Anicee Alvina And kept a photo of her in his wallet I did not learn of this until many years later When his sister told me after a chance meeting in London Stephen was a better […]

  • Sabine in Exile

    Poetry indeed keeps you sane as you travel to places that others neglect   Not even the most beautiful women is more beautiful than God’s house   I have been in exile for many years but have never left my home   Butterflies have no concept of mortality or beauty   I wonder if I […]

  • Mrs White

    Your son is on the barbed wire Mrs White His war is over he will no longer fight He was lost to a cause that he thought was right But that is of scant comfort to you now Mrs White     This undated anti-war poem was written on a scrap of paper and found […]

  • The Launch of HMS Albion

    In 1922 a horse called Pogrom won the Coronation Stakes at Ascot How did you know that It was noted in The Times today I used to live in Ascot and my husband played football on a pitch in the middle of the racecourse What position did he play He was a goalkeeper How did […]

  • Solange G

    Liberate yourself from other peoples eyes Do not worry about their shift Just thirty years ago Nobody gave a damn Today it is a defiant act You live in your dwelling It is all you have so cherish it And it will cherish you Feminism is a myth It is all about you     […]