I am often asked Why I keep Dried flowers In my house Throughout the darker months My answer is always the same It is because they remind me Of all my summers past

There were red roses on the beach today I admired their exhibition As their deep beauty Exceeded my expectations       Red Roses  Kingsdown Beach  9th March 2021

I wonder if Julius Caesar and his pals realised when landing in Walmer Kent That nearly two thousand years later a rather fine fish and chip shop Would have faced their secluded beach of invasion   I often think of this when queuing for my lunch And try to reason why the Dover Road Is…

I have lived in Port Said for many years Even though I am English by birth Over this time I consider that the city has declined As it is scruffy hot and overcrowded The mermaids in the sea have been hunted into extinction Leaving only the sirens in the outer waters I am quite friendly…

I live on the southside Of the northside In a pink cottage That was once owned by a fishing family Who were drowned at sea in 1923 I share it with my partner Who is six years older than me We have two cats And design earthenware pots For the local tourist market Life has…

under grey skies these merry flowers give notice of the coming spring     7th March 2021

From the roof on my house We can see the lake But we had chosen Not to swim As it was more comfortable On the roof Reading books Gertie Was wearing A yellow cotton dress Which she had purchased In the city On the day of her arrival You cannot see the city From the…

When I woke up a film there was a film playing on my television It was the film that I had been watching when I fell asleep I watched it for a while through my half closed eyes but was disturbed When a naked girl pushed past me and stood at the window Looking at…

I was in a toy shop buying presents when on a shelf I found a few boxes of soldiers These were very much like the boxes of miniature soldiers That I used to have when I was a child Out of curiosity I moved one of these boxes causing the others to fall to the…

I was once told the story of a miracle preformed by Jesus which disturbed me slightly   Why were you so disturbed   Because the demons that were exorcised out of the man by Jesus were transferred to a herd of swine who proceeded to run down a hill and into a lake where they…