Stuart Miller-Osborne

Smouldering Rags Alice kept a newspaper photograph of a dead sculptor on her studio wall She was a potter and not particularly in interested in sculpture But she felt comfortable in his presence When her studio caught fire after the kiln overheated The only thing that she rescued was the newspaper cutting of the dead […]

I found a disc in a seaside store And searched for others But only hardcore I sent a text to a friend in Dunkerque Who did not reply As he was busy at work   I found a disc in a coastal store And searched for others But only hardcore I sent a text to […]

I am today admiring Your golden complexion And your feminine ways But your glamour Does not fool me  

The Little Blue Glass Pyramid and Muriel go to Clacton It was a very hot summer’s day in Clacton during what had been quite an ordinary summer The Little Blue Glass Pyramid and Muriel had left their lodgings quite early and were walking towards the beach As normal The Little Blue Glass Pyramid was in […]

Alice skipped along the road that led from the red windmill to the tall poplar trees that stood majestically next to the quiet river The busy road was not very romantic but had to agree with Alice that the dreaming hot fields were quite timeless Do you know what H E Bates said of Kent […]

Larry Donovan Bridge Jumper (1862-1888) I have done two really stupid things in my life which might have endangered my life. The first was when I was thirteen years old and I was dared (and offered money) to climb along the outside of a railway bridge in my home town That was a stupid thing […]

The Still Centre of Maggie Paul Maggie Paul haunted the waterfronts In search of Terry Malloy But she could not find him She was not even in the right place Johnny Friendly warned her to stay away But she ignored him and was beaten up So she planned his assassination From her room on W […]

My daughter and granddaughter are running across this bridge There is a terrific wind blowing down the East River It reminds me of a scene from the French movie Jules et Jim When Jeanne Moreau Oskar Werner and Henri Serre Run across an anonymous bridge in Paris History always repeats itself  

The Man from Laramie Joe Graham is a very successful artist who paints out of a loft in Manhattan He is most probably the best known artist in New York at present In his work he uses only pinks and mauves as well as vivid greens and midnight blues The results are visually stunning and […]

Sinfonietta Z on Bedford Street Regina B is sitting on her balcony Smoking a joint She is writing a short story About the life and death Of her albino brother She has called the story Sinfonietta Z on Bedford Street   Willoughby Willoughby used to keep a pigeon loft On the roof of his apartment […]