Stuart Miller-Osborne

6 My sister is trapped in a Rood Screen I have made no attempt to rescue her This fact is noted in my chronicles 9 My favourite colour is blue tinged with grey I always wear clothes of this colour When travelling north 13 My body was found some sixty years After my initial disappearance […]

Black Spotted White Sharks Have been spotted off of southern coasts I am aware of their vanities These small differences are critical  

You have shown me evidence Of a hard winter Your soil now crumbles in my hand  

One   I shared a chocolate bar with you And kept the wrapper in my overcoat pocket As a memento So why do I call myself Nelly the Pirate When I am really a cross-breed dog   Two  I found Nelly the Pirate Weeping In a field of wheat She could feel the waves But […]

Belonged to a Mr Charles Martin Who lived near the suspension bridge In his youth he had known Darwin And had joked about their shared name Although he was now nearly ninety Charles Martin still collected earth worms As he considered them a superior species He would often throw them from the bridge And later […]

Screamed the headlines of the lesser newspapers It seems that the most famous Rock Star in the world has been photographed topless in Barbados She looks in poor shape Annie Too many tattoos and needle marks Do you think she cares about the photographs? I doubt it she seems to spaced out to care It […]

For a while to the west of the town A rainbow curved brightly in the grey sky A few people noticed the display But most missed it As they were sheltering from the rain Two mothers with their babies snugly held Stopped to enjoy the vivid theatre And both their babies With infantile glee Slowly […]

The Signalman who appreciated the Light of the Sea Lived in a house further up the hill When a train was due he would run down the slope and guide the train into the correct platform When there were no trains he often gazed out to sea Awaiting the perfect light A rare phenomenon After […]

Little No 4 Dark eyes perhaps Jewish Abandoned Unwanted by The Guardians This city is in decline   Coffee Sacks on Sofas My refreshment break Was a little uncomfortable As I was sitting on a coffee sack Doubling up as a cushion The nautical views however Softened my distress And I must say The coffee […]