Stuart Miller-Osborne

You revealed to me In those fading hours That you were Travelling to India On a beautiful White steam ship With my late father This was to be An outward journey As I knew that You would never return I could see it in your eyes       March 14th 2021 

Designed by Joan Miro And decorated my Mondrian Was sold to me As a dog toy But I suspect It is a work of art

Alice Ordinary visited the beach each day As she wanted to meet a mermaid Muriel wanted her to compare her notes About the control of the jellyfish Having been stung earlier in the summer

I have been requested by a friend to send photographs of myself Doing handstands in a variety of locations It is my choice if I wear clothes So I have decided that when I send my twenty-eighth photograph I will feature my naked backside This is part of a worldwide art project And I have…

We visited the beach today And found it empty and low The wartime ruins had been exposed By the early spring storms Having been buried for many months I soon found the corroded blade Of a long lost knife Near the final remains Of an unlucky fish I returned the poor creature to the sea…

I was followed home by a rare rainbow today Which was totally ignored by many in the town I say rare as it was almost hidden in a thick grey cloud mass And seemed lower to the ground because of this geography The rainbow I felt was almost a ghost unsure of its own existence…

I am often asked Why I keep Dried flowers In my house Throughout the darker months My answer is always the same It is because they remind me Of all my summers past

There were red roses on the beach today I admired their exhibition As their deep beauty Exceeded my expectations       Red Roses  Kingsdown Beach  9th March 2021

I wonder if Julius Caesar and his pals realised when landing in Walmer Kent That nearly two thousand years later a rather fine fish and chip shop Would have faced their secluded beach of invasion   I often think of this when queuing for my lunch And try to reason why the Dover Road Is…

I have lived in Port Said for many years Even though I am English by birth Over this time I consider that the city has declined As it is scruffy hot and overcrowded The mermaids in the sea have been hunted into extinction Leaving only the sirens in the outer waters I am quite friendly…