Stuart Miller-Osborne

From my vantage I have a clear view of Deal Pier It is however slightly obstructed by a thin ladder Which is being used my the workmen Who are repairing the sea worn roof But unknown to them sweet naked angels Have used this orange ladder as they return To their wonderful fathers white house […]

I found two books dating from 1857 in a charity shop today These were two volumes (of four) of the plays of John Webster It appears that they had spent the last ninety years in an university library I am a hit man and I am awaiting my hit but she is late as her […]

Beach Street Deal is very real But after a coastal meal you can feel quite ill So try to start off on an even keel       Anon

Annie Smith-Jones lived a privileged life Private School The best house in Kent with coastal views And a villa in France with views to the sea   But she knew that she was lonely Because the apple orchards told her so   Her grandmother had lived In one such orchard In Teston Kent And Annie […]

Return my love from the pure country green Tell me stories of the happy folk And the many wonders seen     History These are the only legible lines of a much longer poem which was found by a fisherman in May 1940 I am not here to discuss the merits (or not) of the […]

I had a sister named Gensis Whose real name was Rebecca But from a young age She was nicknamed Gensis As she was such an adoring And gentle older sister She vanished whilst swimming When I was only twenty And each week I visit the beach Where she was last seen In the hope of […]

My sister and I are relaxing on a pair of bright red loungers on the narrow sun deck It is green yellow and soft salmon pink which suits its location near the sea These colours were not of our choosing but we have accepted them As they contrast favourably with the deep blue sky on […]

Money for Coke I am a coke addict In my spare time But today I have No cash for a fix This is why I am writing this Note using a pencil   The Cherry Tree  There is a cherry tree In my garden It is currently In blossom I am writing this Poem using […]

I am told that mermaids Live near my sea cottage In triangular shoals of three I swim every morning Hoping to meet them  

On the first day of the fifth month My gentle sister May Sings with the Magdalen College Choir On the top of the Great Tower The new sun is warmly welcomed As it has been for over five hundred years My sister has the voice of nightingale       Richard Day (1950)