Gardeners are the happiest people in the world Why  Because they are nearer to God  What makes you say that Sully  It is quite obvious to me that God has created all gardens be they big or small Both splendid gardens such as those at Versailles and the smallest urban gardens were all created by…

I am only here to reveal God’s grandeur The words are all his And not my own  

You still retain your vivid colours Although we are deep into this dismal month I wish you a safe journey my gentle friend As the grey days are now growing shorter And the dark nights are brittle with age     20/10/20

My beach is losing the last of its summer softness It is brittle and without charm And even on the bright days Its colours are muted and fail to glow Storms will soon change the geography of this resting beach And when I return high on the mild winds Only my memories will identify the…

I ride leopards in the jungle During the summer months During the winter months I can be found riding grasshoppers And other excitable creatures   My name is Douglas

When I awoke next to you my love I was taken by the thought That some of my ancestors were cavemen You dismissed my thoughts as primitive And asked me whether I wanted An expresso or a cappuccino And promised me that if I abandoned My primitive dreams for good That you would be my…

Of late I have descended into a loose chasm and have been experimenting with different substances I knew that this addiction was harming me But I could not stand the pain of my life Everything was bleak so I tried to inhibit the bright lights that surrounded me On Sunday I found myself in a…

When I was four years old my father gave me five lead racehorses They were ridden by five lead jockeys wearing different colour silks I still have these lead toys and they often find a place in my rucksack When I am hunting the wolves that haunt these vast plains   My sister Nora often…

A few minutes ago I watched a couple from Germany pause briefly under a palm tree They were waiting for a table to cleared at a beach restaurant The woman was wearing a salmon vest and black cotton shorts Her male companion was casually dressed in cut downs and a white polo shirt They were…

It had to happen as we were messing about in our boat Billy B was as clumsy as he always was And our bottles of wine soon fell into the sea Due to the tidal currents we could not retrieve the lost bottles And when we reached the beach we abandoned our lunch to the…