Stuart Miller-Osborne

I have a knife said George   It has a wooden handle     I have knife said Polly   It has a metal handle     I looked at them both and noted that I did not care what material the handle was made from The blade was the most important part of the…

For many years I would watch my sister as she played the piano in the music room She would always sit naked on her piano stool with her back to me I would sit in my late father’s armchair quite often with my eyes closed and listen to her gentle music During our many hours…

In the shop of tombs the floors had been washed bright And were gleaming in the shadows of the afternoon light Christ had been seen in the streets of this village small And was waiting in his great church to greet us all

I am trapped in time at this station of my own design My trains electric arrive and depart elegantly in rapid succession The platforms are polished and reflect the artificial stars above Everything is symmetrical like the humours of a fine clock Occasionally in memory travellers leave flowers at the foot of my plinth But…

When I lost my job at the factory I was paid off with a cheque dated the 2nd of August 1877 It is natural to say that I was not very thrilled and protested straight away The head of payroll told me that this was the only cheque left in the company and there was no…

What passionate fruits you hold Above your beating heart My courtyard is illuminated by your presence Such stillness cannot be shared       After the painting by Julio Romero de Torres 

I spend most of my days in a salad bowl You may think that I am a red tomato But I am just a common house brick My father was a Serbian           A Serbian (2021)

I have just returned from Australia the summer is slowly fading in my home state yet it has not started here in the country of my birth     Simms (2021)

I am never near enough to the blind lake to see my reflection in full only the ghost lingers

The small red leaves bring colour to the late winter lake