Humber Humber Humber Humber I’ve got to find my motor car I’ve got to find my car My house is at the risk of burglary As I’ve left a door ajar   Humber Humber Humber What a beautiful bridge you are   Unfinished song lyrics found in a book of Larkin’s poetry by the author […]

I always give money To mental health charities As it keeps me sane       Anon 2017

From low birth in Somersetshire Dark of complexion famed of Rosaline She is the Dark Lady of the Sonnets I wager you a drink my friend That it was Aline who seduced The Bard of Avon      

Let us water your garden Maud As the rains are far away   What are doing Green? Carving a love poem on my rifle butt sir Whatever for? To remember the prettiest girl in my home town   Christopher Green had been on the island for over six years after being abandoned by the ship […]

His grave has commanding views of the bay and once a year on his birthday his family and friends meet at The Diesel Works and remember him I have visited his home on many occasions and try to visit Calypso at least once a year The colours of the abundant flora is what strikes one […]

She sat on the deck of the Esmeraldas playing chess with the cabin boy But lost every game He knew of her heart of glass And read her every move His name was Sante Geronimo Caserio The week before we had been in Italy Visiting the quarries at Carrara As I was a sculptor Seeking inspiration Marble […]

I am sitting in front of The Zetland Arms listening to a Leonard Cohen song Dance Me to the End of Love rolls gently across the beach and dies quietly in the gentle breeze You are sitting on a memory bench looking out to sea We exchange no words but I know that you are thinking […]

She stood naked on the brow of the hill Admired but untouched by those who passed her I watched her through my large sheet window Hello my name is Ralph Storm I am a retired merchant of Caribbean descent Near my kate gate was bringing the poor girl refreshment For the city was hot that […]

You are now cushioned by waves of honey coloured wheat From my vantage I can see the doomed swimmers

Anniversary My father was born on June the 30th 1926 Today is June the 30th 2017 My wife received a compliment about her complexion today Exactly ninety-one years after the birth of my father Anniversary My father was born exactly ninety-one years ago today His heritage was partially Jewish In his lifetime he never visited Norwich Today […]