Each of the leaves Broken by its own weight Floats away from the mother tree

Turning Into the Void   From a high vantage we watched the battle progress   We watched as young men ignorant of delicate flowers   Were torn apart by the confusion of war   Each man slaughtered had experienced a childhood   Whether idyllic or not this was of no matter   It was their […]

I went down with the Clipperton in November 1875 Nobody survived the wreck on those wretched sands But I was not accepted into Heaven As I thought I might be Due to my cowardice on that awful night I was commanded to haunt the many streets Of the Walmer Strand From that day onwards without […]

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