Stuart Miller-Osborne

After the accident my compensation enabled me To purchase a specially adapted sea facing apartment From the terrace I watch as people pass Some smile some stop to chat Hello Cora how are you Well I trust The weather has been so nice I am so jealous of you I smile but rarely answer She…

You are just ahead of the hidden tennis courts A street light has banished the immediate night Yet there is a vulnerability in your movement As if something terrible is lurking within the fog

I stabbed an Arab to death in 1958 For insulting my younger sister I buried him with the help of two friends In the area near the new road construction As far as I know his bones are still there My sister now runs a large cosmetic company Whilst I am a moderately successful artist…

My opponents today are the wood nymphs I am quietly confident that I will win all my games Tomorrow I will be playing the three pianos They have never played chess before So I can only guess at their standard I then have three rest days on your southern beaches Before the second third and…

I visited a castle recently In the South of England Whilst there I purchased a book From a dusty room near a terrace That overlooked the sea Collected Poems Volume II 1917 – 1922 John Drinkwater There was a dedication inside Not from the poet But from Eva to Harold Xmas 1923 This book I…

We were (we we re) travelling to paradise In an observation car Which had been blind since birth An angel was sitting opposite us She was not wearing underwear (do angels wear underwear – what are the mules) And travelling on an upgraded green ticket Which was available only to golden angels (I knew that…

Within her heavy grasses My moonlit apples Now glistening shyly Fate fallen by chance

I can often be found Reading my own poetry On hot summer days Waiting for Caron Jane And her basket of fruit

Only a few days of March have passed But many of the Spring flowers are now here Daffodils Snowdrops and Primroses Are sharing their early pleasures Deep within the quiet womb of these gardens

You look happy Si I am a happy Si Why are you happy Because I have just broken A window in the town hall Why did you do that There is no reason You will be arrested I have blamed another man He will suffer the punishment But why Si If there was ever a…