My name is Margit Kaufman I have been in jail for twenty-eight years My crime was that I was considered to be a terrorist In that time I have faced thirty-two penalties And have saved nine of them I have also invented a new brand of sticky toffee There is talk of my release There…

The Christ Bird The Christ Bird has risen from the sea It has passed the limits of our horizons And is heading towards its Pale Heaven   Migration Christ Bird Grey Sea Blush Sun Golden Clouds Pale Heaven

Holy Christ Grey Blush Golden Pale Journey Bird Sea Sun Clouds Heaven

I am an oligochaeteologist which in short means that I am expert on earthworms Most of us ignore earthworms and shy away from them without thought Women especially do not like earthworms as they remind them of a flaccid penis or worse Malevolent children cut these wonderful creatures in half but this does not kill…

If I looked at this sunrise Through monochrome eyes Then it would not impress me at a

Many years ago I attended a Byron exhibition in London which I found very interesting However one of the exhibits haunted me a great deal It was an envelope full of Lady Caroline Lamb’s pubic hair The misguided girl had sent these to Lord Byron in a futile attempt to woo him As I looked…

For about twenty minutes this afternoon I thought that I was a cow I crossed a country road on all fours with a water bottle in my hand My fellow creatures looked at me as if I was mad but they understood my theatre For as much as you might want to hug trees there…

Mr & Mrs Coastal Path grew Marigolds in their small garden The Marigolds resented this as they wanted to explore the world So they romped naked around the garden to upset the neighbours In view of this and the complaints from both sides of the road Mr & Mrs Coastal Path decided to grow cabbages…

Two rabbits one red and one blue were sitting on a grassy bank next to the railway track They were discussing what would happen to the Railway Rabbit’s after the dreadful disease had faded The Red Rabbit said although the Myxomatosis had been savage and had killed many rabbits It had been a gift from…

I can remember reading a novel by Marguerite Duras called L’Amant which detailed an affair between a French girl and a Chinese man. The book made me immensely sad as it was about the decline of empire or so it seemed A new order replacing the old I have always thought well of empire Order…