Stuart Miller-Osborne

  Bristol Green I was staying with you at a jade hotel in the centre of the city Before our journey home I left you in the shower As I wanted to photograph our train Which was lucky for me Because it was the Bristol Green   Camera Obscura From the camera obscura I could […]

Henry O remembered Sainte Elisabeth (morte a quinze ans) During his holiday he read a history of her short life When he finished the book he laid it on a cushion next to a red pencil which his wife had found the day previously Neither the book or the pencil had met before    

  Noughts and Crosses Due to the very low cloud the descending aircraft Were leaving noticeable vapour trails As they approached the airport I could see this from my bedroom window And decided to play noughts and crosses With my brother His name is Phillip   Gemma Root Gemma Root Picked up a green pencil […]

It was many and many a year ago In a kingdom by the sea That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE Judith A minute I am copying out the poem by Poe Which one? ANNABEL LEE Jonny-Jonny is on the phone he wants you to take a […]

The sweet sweets bees intoxicated by the jupiter flowers are searching the night sky for this once fine star Judith placed her pen into the desk tidy What is the poem about? It is about a star called Al Aaraaf which appeared suddenly in the heavens and attained in a few days a brilliancy surpassing […]

Hierro the most westerly of the Canary Islands and has an area of about 109 square miles and a population of 8182 During the summer of 1956 this did not increase to 8186 as we did not visit Hierro choosing to holiday in Hove instead I have never visited Hierro We passed the Guayarmina Thermal […]

You send me sparkling tales written on perfumed paper enclosed in lavender envelopes I read your stories aboard my ship as I travel between continents Although we are many miles apart I often explore your interior in my distant dreams   GC      

Tallulah Motion was driving her Jaguar XK 120 along Lamont towards the Kings Park area of the city She watched as the street lamps passed lazily in sequence Some of the bars and shops were still open but on the whole the street was quiet She turned into Graham in the general direction of the […]

Alice and France were dancing through the shamscape towards the great house Their feet hardly touched the carpet of leaves that all but hid the damp grass The end of autumn was dripping from the branches of the avenue trees and the dance master was conducting an orchestra from the mock-castle on the mock-hill   […]

Once visited Deal in the County of Kent He did not write these lines Which were found in a small brown box At his lodging house Soon after his departure   The dreamlands did not detain us whilst at sea for a seagull took the ships cat in its beak and flew up into the […]