Recently I found out that I had two cousins in Russia Which made me eager to contact them However they did not speak any English And I certainly did not speak Russian My neighbour suggested that I should face time them Which was a good idea in theory Until I found out that both Sergei […]

You are still mad at me As I left you alone But we were estranged Long before the break   I do miss you a great deal It pains me to admit that But we could not live together That was obvious for all the see   Time might heal our wounds And sweeten the […]

Whilst hiking in the national park  Marlon found many buttercups playing violins                                                                                         The […]

I soon forgot about this poem and declined to retrieve it

In 1965 I wrote my first poem

Marcel Pagnol made his final movie in 1954                                                                                                […]

I lay at leisure in my warm bed And watch the bouts take place in the night sky These fights only take place when the conditions are right And are more frequent in late December     A fog bank partially covered the town of Deal during the night of the 27th December 2019

The Christmas lights have been extinguished As have those of the gaming machine The year is nearing its end  Its pulse is now quite faint The new year is nearing this port But has yet to arrive

Due to a childhood condition I often lapse into short periods of sleep My eyes remain open But they hide my startling dreams Today I dreamt of five neon poets At liberty in a departmental store

I would like to think that I taught you everything you know But that is false as you have taught me so much more Stay with me Lagos Sister Through these slow and savage nights