Stuart Miller-Osborne

The sea is a hypocrite She is a bandit who shows no mercy Even the sea birds Avoid mentioning her name When they deliver the souls Of those who die at sea to their home ports Only madmen should love the sea and her fickle ways And even they should know better     Written […]

My wife was reading a book about a Victorian clergyman named Balthazar who in his thirty-sixth year suddenly developed a passion for fishing She was sitting on our balcony overlooking the beach with the slight green book on her lap It is rather cloudy at present will it lift? Yes the cloud burns back quite […]

After the fire Only the urn remained Stained It had held the tender ashes Of a pink angel Who had been expelled From her gentle world For her coloured crimes   She had hit the ground With too much force And had been trampled to death By a startled horse     Written on a […]

Unkempt Koithko On my first day in the seminary he took the register and told us that if we were going to hang ourselves then it was better to use a strong well made rope over a metre in length He had tried it himself with a shorter less sturdy rope and had failed Unkempt […]

Donald Dog Duck ate my Porridge Donald Dog ate my Porridge I was rather pissed off with him But my duck Donald dog duck was more upset So we gave him a juicy orange And cooked him slowly   Donald Dog Duck ate my Porridge Donald Dog ate my Porridge I was rather pissed off […]

Donald Duck ate my Porridge Donald Duck ate my Porridge I was rather pissed off with him But my dog Donald dog was more upset So we gave him a juicy orange And cooked him slowly   Donald Duck ate my Porridge Donald Duck ate my Porridge I was rather pissed off with him But […]

JDS You appeared to be hiding from the world Or was the world hiding from you  🙁   Royalty Have you noticed when reading history books about royalty That they often marry before going to war  🙂   Curtains One only finds darkness behind curtains during the night This is one of God’s funniest jokes  […]

We had arrived early at the railway station and waited for our host The day was quite warm with a gentle southerly breeze But what struck me most about this little town was the perfume that hung in the air At first I thought it was artificial but there was no mistake the air was […]

I have a copy of Sator Resartus It is still in a brown paper bag I carry it everywhere I go As it is my antidote to nothingness   Bath 29/03/17  

The bright sea reflects the special light I am standing in your shadow You do not move