Stuart Miller-Osborne

Sussex Gorse and Niven Niven Were taking afternoon tea At the Waldorf Hotel When the air raid siren sounded After a short discussion They decided to remain in their seats Until the danger had passed As the Palm Court Lounge was so beautiful    

Philippe was sitting on his soft brown chair in the main room of his holiday home in Lanzarote He had purchased the villa and the adjoining land six years previously when his father died Since the purchase he had added a small swimming pool to the property which he used every day From where he […]

The high water will swamp the gas fires of artists and the grey wash will conceal the warm winds and from the free boats the living will visit the dead    

Hereford Ledbury Colwall Frisland Great Malvern Malvern Link Worcester Foregate Street Los Jardines Worcester Shrub Hill Pershore Evesham Honeybourne Emerald Moreton in Marsh Kingham Charlbury Hy Brasil Hanborough Oxford Reading Slough Sarah Anne London Paddington   (Travel is an intimate art)    

The birds sat on the telegraph wires And chatted excitedly about Napoleon Whose sister Pauline fed them every morning   In her honour they had opened up a sculpture park called Venus Victorious Their prize exhibit was a sculpture of Pauline by Antonio Canova   Which they had placed in the centre of the field […]

I am most probably the only cat in the world who has known Napoleon’s three sisters. In my occupation as a documentary film maker I have met and dined with all three women during my visits to the South of France. Elisa Bonaparte Elisa is the most beautiful of all the sisters who has hair […]

Noah Vale was sitting in a train carriage opposite the chairman of a huge multi-nationa companyl based in the City of London The chairman was reading Noah’s first book of poetry which was called Masturbation for Beginners What the older man did not know was that in Noah’s brown leather briefcase were the final drafts […]

I celebrate my birthday on the same day each year On this particular day I travel to Devizes in Wiltshire to witness the Dray Horses passing the brewery at the top of the high street It is a spectacular event best witnessed sober and for that reason I do not drink until the early evening […]

Pink roses are tied With cream coloured ribbons To the dark wooden pews Everything is ready   As the procession enters the church The bride splendid in her wedding dress Stands under the white glass window And looks at her father “Christ awaits you at the altar” I whisper She casts me a momentary smile […]

  Visiting Castles in the Nude I am a carer But the trouble is that I do not really care I care for a forty-eight year old man with CP His name is Hugh Macaroni-Cheese But I call him Frank As I cannot be fucked to call him Hugh We often visit castles in the […]