Stuart Miller-Osborne

Shadows strange yellow Dance on your bedroom walls I watch your breasts Rise and fall As you sleep And wait for the late summer rhythms To enter your day  

Two years ago I swam naked from a southern beach And spoke to jelly-fish attracted by the warm waters Today I listened to a saxophonist Near an artificial water feature In a mundane town I did not speak to any jelly-fish But surrendered alms To the talented musician  

When she was a child Sarahe Shakespeare Easte would spend a good deal of time playing on the gravel and tar hills that could be found in most lay-bys She admired the rigid structure of these hills and how they did not attract vegetation Her father ran a burger van not far away and in…

What have you been doing since we last met Saul? I have been reading a book about the Dyatlov Pass Incident What was that? It was about the strange deaths of nine hikers in the Ural Mountains in February 1959 Why strange? Because they suffered peculiar injuries and investigations have not been able to determine…

You have assumed the disguise of a tiger When the snows arrive Will you shed your stripes?  

A number of railway bridges between Reading and Newbury are currently being either modernised or replaced as the process of electrification gathers pace The passenger footbridge at Newbury Railway Station which dates from 1910 will shortly be replaced by the newer bridge at the western end of the station I had made these notes whilst…

I always like to be naked in the Desert It must the open spaces That makes me want to shed my clothes I often come across people like me Quite naked and miles from anywhere In the movie Marylou Masturbates Dean and Sal As they drive through the desert I do not remember that in…

In the August of 1974 I went to Corfu with Viola We were invited by a couple of friends The invite was so sudden that we hardly packed anything at all Only the essentials were taken to Corfu We did not think to take a camera And because of this only one photograph was taken…

How have you been? I have missed you so much Dad I have missed you Victor My departure was very sudden and in a way I was glad that you did not fully understand my final illness What do you remember? Well mummy said that you were very ill and the angels might take you…

The magnificent Frigate Birds were following my yacht I knew that we were not far from land as the charcoal gulls are flying fish were becoming frequent visitors My Portuguese stowaway seemed to spend all of her time on deck sketching these beautiful creatures I had found her under a blanket in the forepeak after…