Stuart Miller-Osborne

When I was four years old my father gave me five lead racehorses They were ridden by five lead jockeys wearing different colour silks I still have these lead toys and they often find a place in my rucksack When I am hunting the wolves that haunt these vast plains   My sister Nora often…

A few minutes ago I watched a couple from Germany pause briefly under a palm tree They were waiting for a table to cleared at a beach restaurant The woman was wearing a salmon vest and black cotton shorts Her male companion was casually dressed in cut downs and a white polo shirt They were…

It had to happen as we were messing about in our boat Billy B was as clumsy as he always was And our bottles of wine soon fell into the sea Due to the tidal currents we could not retrieve the lost bottles And when we reached the beach we abandoned our lunch to the…

It all began with a blue handkerchief Left carelessly on a café table in a Paris street I spotted it immediately and knew it was yours And returned it to you in your riverside apartment You were so pleased with me that you cooked a vegan dinner As you had decided to celebrate your seventh…

When the moon is high I lose all sense of time And can often be found Wandering across The flooded water meadows Deep in conversation With others Such as myself

This was the way that they would dispose of the bodies After execution the victims would be thrown into these oil drums And covered with sand concrete and dirt The gangsters would then cover their crimes By depositing these drums into deep rivers Many of these drums have since been found And the victims now…

I hated Europe before it was chic to hate Europe Said Bryan at the parent teacher meeting It is an empty vessel Only the residue is considered attractive The teacher looked shocked We educate our children for what So that they may complete against each other Like dying rats in a cage Europe is broken…

On the 29th of February 2016 I swallowed a bullet whilst flying between Paris and Prague I had smuggled the bullet on board in a can of talcum powder without being detected When I returned from the toilet I became unwell and lost consciousness   Later I found myself on the wing of the aircraft…

I was leaning against the washbasin chatting to my sister Who was taking a bath She was humming and occasionally singing ditties from advertisements on TV I found her recreation a little irritating but did not say anything as the world was due to end at ten to five My sister normally took baths in…

I was leaning against the washbasin chatting to my sister who was taking a bath She was humming and occasionally singing ditties from advertisements on television I found her recreation a little irritating but did not say anything as the world was due to end at ten to five My sister normally took baths in…