Stuart Miller-Osborne

My cousin gave me her copy Of Madame Bovary When she returned to France I was told that I must read it In its original language Before I travel on her southern train This will present me with a problem As I do not read French very well Honour Madame Bovary Or we will not…

Lemonade in Hot Weather The Violence of Blue Ice The Girl with Grey Eyes Sleeps in the High Gardens People of Interest Look into the Rivers of Summer The Age of Empires

Limonade par temps chaud La violence de la glace bleue La fille aux yeux gris Dort dans les Hauts Jardins Personnes d’intérêt Regardez dans les rivières de l’été l’ère des empires

Near the grass cuttings and rotting leaves A small weathered stone can be seen Hidden opposite the diamond path It remembers the lives of three scholars Who drowned during a flash flood On Easter Sunday Eighteen Sixteen

The erotic trenches Could clearly be seen From the battlements As the day faded green

Noir et blanc Vert et bleu Main dans la main Martha et Anne Poèmes érotiques d’été

Black and white Green and blue Hand in hand Martha and Anne Erotic Poems of Summer

I was carrying a moquette sample In my trusted black rucksack It dated from the period 1947-1979 And would have be seen during that era On the refurbished RT-type buses My sample was now a bookmark I had not expected the city to be hot The winds had been forecast to change Thankfully I was…

I am glad that you arrived I do hope that Robbie is comfortable Vicky will look after him Until he is back of his feet What a lovely sister she is I am missing you Will Although Rye is quite lovely It was so warm last night I found it hard to sleep So I…

Do you remember when we sat On that hot Kent station And you commented on The beauty of dragonflies Which suggested to me That there was a river nearby