Stuart Miller-Osborne

Josef sat at the piano He had set his hands on to the keys but was not playing At nine in the evening Hank Miller checked the cans of oil that were arranged in order on the rack between pumps two and three Rachel was hanging a print on the wall opposite her husband And […]

He died on a pure white afternoon With the high sun streaming Through the windows of his room   Later I saw him swimming towards the sun   I should have followed him But I chose to remain within The stalled shadows of my deep cell With my dormant ancestors  

The Goalkeeper’s Fear of the Penalty is a 1972 German film I am a goalkeeper but I do not fear penalties But I am alarmed by the players who concede them  

I hear you pass each night Yet I cannot see you Your glow fills my room I imagine your journey  

You are hiding from me Under a shroud of darkness You are very much alive I will not engage in your silly games You do not fool me  

I am sitting on a hot railway platform next to an amputee in shorts She is playing chess with a blind boy much scarred On her radio a song is playing I am dreaming dreaming beaming dreaming beaming at the thought of you All the paths lead to the beach Some are sandier than others […]

Roger and his two sisters had boarded the night train and were making themselves comfortable in their small but functional compartment Gillian looked at the furnishings as she deposited her bag on the lower bunk Even though everything changes these compartments remain the same Look there is a shaving point above the sink I have […]

What is that? A painting I can see that Don’t you like it? I hate it Why? Because it exploits the subject I bet you do not even know its title I do Then tell me It is called The Death of Minnehaha by William Dodge How did you know that? I came across it […]

Recently when visiting London I travelled to Trafalgar Square I touched the empty plinth With my left hand And knew then Of its vacancy  

God is right handed I know this As I borrowed his ruler During a geography lesson