Stuart Miller-Osborne

white green sea souvenirs of the sea

I am sitting on a wooden bench in the park of the fountains It is a beautiful June day with a gentle caressing southerly breeze   This park received one of the first direct hits on the city And is now no more than a giant crater full of the detritus of war   You…

I was chatting with my greatest friend Jane m anglais We were discussing politics She told me that I should vote For the Labour Party As a  great number of my beliefs were similar I agreed but noted that my views differed On two fundamental issues which I will not reveal For fear of offence…

I was once told by a flapper who was wearing a long tangerine dress That I was crazeee when I had enquired as to whether she was wearing underwear A girl should only wear perfume in this heat but I have to bother with this boring dress  Which is so vulgar  But then again you…

I am an artist I paint in the plain air I am married to Gabrielle She is also an artist Who like me Paints in the plain air We were both arrested recently For trespass we were told Although we were in fallow field Near a disused railway tunnel Om common land This happened in…

You treated me so well during the warmer months No questions were asked you just made me very happy But now that the shorter days have arrived I do not even look at you I have neglected you And for that I am truly sorry

a searing portrait of nothingness that is what they said about my book my book was about nothingness a vacuum if you like vacuum is a strange word as it has a double uu and that resembles the final character in certain ways  

a searing portrait of nothingness that is what they said about my book my book was about nothingness a vacuum if you like vacuum is a strange word as it has a double uu which is quite rare

Luke Summer-Bowl Was a signalman As he loved trains He enjoyed keeping them safe From his lonely signal box Near the haunted tunnel   Luke Summer-Bowl Liked to eat fingers of fish But this confused him greatly As fish did not possess fingers Or so he was told by people Who knew about such things…

I have always enjoyed watching white sheets Dancing in an autumn breeze   It is one of the advantages Of living by the sea   These shadow sheets are a passion And I never tire of their display