Stuart Miller-Osborne

Chile I often find dead birds On the roads in Chile This fascinates me As I have never visited Chile   Super Motif I was told by the authorities That they did not execute One of the perpetrator’s of the hotel massacre Because of his exotic beauty   Beauty should always be forgiven And its…

Automatic 19    Tonight I stayed in and watched a football match on my tiny television The match was stopped briefly as flares were thrown on to the pitch I was so excited by this event that I sent a photograph to Africa In return I received a single red rose and a poem that…

There is a school in my sandwich I found a goat tied to a pipe in a railway tunnel Joshua thought he lived in Croydon I plan the margins that can be found in school exercise books These were the type of comments that I faced each day when working in my father’s snack bar…

In the last few days I have begun to hate myself There are many reasons for this I have argued with my friends And they no longer speak to me The coffee shop in the high street has now closed I feel that God has abandoned me But know that this is not true As…

Ever since I was very small I have had an obsession about Scott Tracy Never a day passed without me thinking about him in his smart uniform That was until last year when a fire destroyed nearly all of my models from the television show Although I was upset at the time I have forgiven my…

She was not particularly talented But was pretty and had a pleasant voice Luck had played a great role in her promotion She has been in the right place at the right time But she soon became aware of the terrible adoration that surrounded her And began to hide her face But she was not…

I agreed to pose for Playboy for two reasons only This was so that young Japanese tourists Passing the Bouquinistes riverside boxes Could ignore me totally from under their parasols   Elderly but still handsome Frenchmen would also be able To politely discuss over their afternoon refreshments Whether I still made movies And whether like…

Girlfriend Boyfriend No Friend My Friend Why are you reading poetry When we could be doing much more Soar Whore Bore Are words that rhyme But they do not make good poetry So why are you so interested in these redundant words Let us go to the beach and teach peach reach Which is not a…

On the day that my mother died I found myself walking through a damp park In a coastal town The sky was silently weeping I asked it to abandon its grief And celebrate her life with me Before the day faded into her night

Today I purchased a book dating from 1830 from an antiques fair It was presented to me in a turquoise and grey paper bag I have not removed it from this bag As I want it to experience its own history   Seven years ago a waitress drowned in a river near my home Since…