n one of my dreams recently  I derailed an express train  By throwing an errant pen  Under its wheels  Six people were injured  Because I had smudged  My much loved drawing  I was sitting in a large church  Built on the soil of the county  A lecture was in progress  And soon a swastika was…

I am sitting here uncomfortably In front of a BBC microphone  Reading my poetry to the world  I am wearing a green woolen sweater  Which was a recent Christmas present  Please pray for me my friends  

On the whole cats are afraid of me  Which I find puzzling as I am gentle  And exceedingly kind to ladybirds 

Oh Dreams Oh Dreams  I was in a German camp  Where atrocities had taken place  But I was a guard on the gate  An innocent guard  A wooden gate  Painted red and white  Occasionally soldiers came down for a smoke  Or to wash their hands  In the wooden bucket on the path to the latrines  The…

During the long warm months These ancient steps encourage leisure But not today as they are quite submerged By the winter rivers mindless turbulence

I first met Veronika walking topless along a country road  She did not seem to worry about her state of dress  I asked her why I should find her on such a lonely road  She told me that she was planning to visit my brothers  And accepted my offer to accompany her to the home  That I…

 I can see more than a dozen kangaroos  Relaxing on the wet sands of the beach  They are unaware of my intrusion  I am eating pomegranates and cherries   On a large but hidden verandah  As I always do when the sun is low 

First Ghost/Second Ghost  Accaopsy is Innocent Eccaopsy is Innocent Stuart Miller Osborne/Joe SMO/Joe/SMO Mahler  Mozart  Verdi  Puccini  Haydn In no particular order

After cutting her hair Banda danced topless Wearing only a pair of jeans   The city radio forbid this So the music stopped As not to encourage this recreation  

Magri Maa is a small village Not far from Fort William I used to holiday there With my distant parents   I visited Magri Maa A few weeks ago As I was in Scotland To attend a funeral   It seemed much smaller But little else had changed I even found a rusty penknife That…