I like silk flowers As their beauty remains Long after others have died They ask for so little in return During the slow journeys Of their changing seasons

Yesterday whilst walking along the promenade I saw a man so ugly that beauty shuddered Bent forward with eyes flat to his face He stared at the rough path without emotion This hunched creature might have cried So cruel was his life full of blame But his feelings inert for many years Grew softer under…

I have never told this to anyone before So you must promise to keep it secret Okay then I will proceed I have a talent a very special talent That is that I can touch planets   This first became apparent to me When I touched Venus one night I then touched Mercury without difficulty…

I had one rule when I went to war That was to kill or be killed During my time in the European theatres I was a killing machine I spared not one man Enemy soldiers and prisoners died by my gun I  also shot dogs rats cats and balcony bats And then the war ended…

I killed a shark today With a shot between the eyes   It was not just any shark As I did not know its name

Where is my white sister Paul where is my Samolin   I have wandered the streets for her through history thick and thin   Where is my white sister Paul where is my Samolin   I will never cease asking you until she is safely in       Gratitude Leonard         …

I had always admired her lunar skin Which remained pale no matter the light She used a different name at each hotel To try to distract me from her trail   I had never lied to her she knew that well But she had always tried to avoid me As I knew every one of…

I once found myself on Bewdley Railway Station Waiting for a steam train How I had got there was a mystery to me The last thing I can remember was being at church fete Dressed as Joan Jett and buying ceramics from a Destroy China Stall Indeed on the seat next to me was a…

I was walking down the slight hill towards the goods yard It was a trip that I made on most days as I worked there My job was to supervise the loading and unloading of goods The post was secure and the railway company left me alone But on this day something was wrong as…

As of Midsummer’s Day I have decided to go to Peru for a while Jasmine Tea is taking over from me   She is a gentle fair maiden full of grace Who speaks in couplets and is pale of face   So do welcome her into our fold And she will write fictions and poems…