Stuart Miller-Osborne

To achieve free speech one must inhibit free speech 

My father knew him well  They were born only months apart  And died on the same day  Their only difference was that my father  Came from a very privileged background  Whereas William was street born a bred  He only ever received one educational certificate  Which reflected his poverty  But he had a brilliant mind  And was…

I suppose I have watched too many movies  I have read too many books I have written too many poems  I have attended too many parties  Dressed as Mrs Captain Hook 

What is that Joe  It is framed copy of a poem  Did you write it  No it is not mine  May I look  John Keegan I cannot say that I have heard of him He was a Irish ballard-writer  Was he famous  No  He came from a very poor background  Yet he started writing verses at…

I am often haunted by my poems  I do not remember them easily  The odd line certain words  Yet others I can recite them fully  This confuses me  As I am a birth mother  Who has forgotten her children 

I often stare at your beautiful bottom  This cannot be avoided  As I have a large photograph  Of your bottom  Opposite my bed  We no longer live together  Our jobs have seen to that  You are in America  I float around France  This photograph was taken in Paris  From our high apartment  It was a hot day  You…

the light is being sucked  out of the day  a poem was suggested 

The light is being sucked out of the day

For over ten years  We travelled on the same train  I was vaguely aware of you  Because of the raven beauty  Of your soulful eyes  We rarely spoke  I knew that you were married  As I had seen you in the town  With your serene family  I was in love with you  And I believe that…

 It is the best coffee shop in Kew  Its organic coffee is heavenly  Are Cora and Josie  Meeting Elena at the airport  I am looking forward to meeting her  What are ewe reading  I am reading  Clear Shapiro  It is set  On November the 22nd  And was written by the girl  Who wrote  Journey from…