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Tuska
My sister Tuska Suffers from a condition Of the ear It is not serious But debilitating As it affects her hearing She often lies still On the sandy beach In front of our hut And masks her good ear Hoping that she might adopt The sounds of the gentle hours
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1970 Films of Summer
It will be a simple scene A boyish girl with short dark hair Walks amongst bleached white rocks She has been swimming naked in the sea Slowly she changes into her black bikini And begins to climb up a steep cliff path I will end the scene there As I do not want to over […]
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I have not broken my nose
My nose is not broken I was not injured The pain has receded If it existed at all
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I have broken my nose
And am finding it hard to breathe We are heading Towards the nearest port
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Night Watch
One discovers solitude Night Watch The yacht is night lit Nothing really moves Apart from the sea Yet chaos reigns We have been passed By ghost ships long lost Exotic sea birds Can be seen but not heard In the distance I can see dawn breaking Others sleep as I dream
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Coffee Tea or Me
You can open your eyes Yes I am naked No you are not in heaven It is because I am hot And like to feel the morning breeze As it liberates your bedroom Erotic Poems of Summer
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The Strangest of Sights
I have been driving around England With my beautiful wife Silke My wife is German And I am English We have seen many memorable sights During our long walks But one has cut into our memories We had just passed through a nameless town When we saw a red setter hanging from a garage girder […]
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I Am Happy Here
I was brought up in countryside Even though I was born in a city I now live by the sea With few plans to move I am happy here
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Sharks
Joe why do sharks not frighten ewe They are all Gods creatures They frighten me You should be worried too You have unconsciously rhymed Josephine Sharks have no concept of rhyme Yet understand pulses of sound Sephine shows no alarm She would pet them if she could I am just a wimpy coward Who looks […]
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Nips Tattoo
Those who live by the sea Always think about the sea