Stuart Miller-Osborne

I was sharing a bath with Hildegart Rodriguez Carballeira She was the most intelligent girl in Spain We will be crossing the equator in three hours What shall we do? The usual I will chase you and the other crew members around the boat with shaving foam and we will fight with olive oil And…

I was sharing a bath with Hildegart Rodriguez Carballeira She was the most intelligent girl in Spain We will be crossing the equator in three hours What shall we do? The usual I will chase you and the other crew members around the boat with shaving foam and we will fight with olive oil And…

I met you in a kiosk selling tickets and illustrated guides to the city You were attracted to me and told me so Within weeks we were sharing an apartment in the 5th Arrondissement One morning you told me you were bisexual And loved a girl called Stephanie I told you that I did not…

Heart The night is still The storm has passed Nothing stirs You fade in and out of your dreams I lie on my back Listening to the distant beat Of your sleeping heart   Propeller The fan spins like the propeller of a stricken plane No air remains I wish I could travel to a…

In the corner of the sports ground five cricketers were watching a football match Their game had been interrupted by frequent showers You and I were lying peacefully in a display of lilacs high above the ground I was wearing my best suit which had been carefully made by a Jewish tailor And you wearing…

Quite what the crows were doing in the cornfields watching Vincent paint was open to question Crows are not normally curious birds Jesse and Jacob were sitting on the old wooden bench in front of the inn Jacob was enjoying a soft drink Jesse was enjoying a cool glass of white wine They had been…

You cannot sleep As the air is warm You shower But to no avail I suggest that we watch The Perseid’s pass From our secret garden We sit in the damp grass The sky is our display There is much entertainment You touch your breasts Your nipples are erect But there is no chill in…

Antoine ran up the stairs towards the apartment Agnes He was carrying flowers Flowers for Agnes For it was her birthday He knocked once Agnes opened her door She was wearing a lilac and lavender dress Which touched her toes She took the flowers and placed them in a vase In the distance through the…

Jess and Fee were in Totnes On the sixth day of their Devon holiday That morning a kind farmer had given them three eggs Which they wanted to boil So they purchased a hotel With a magnificent kitchen But no eggcups were to be found So they went to China Blue And asked her for…

The migrant and the smuggler lay in the shade of the broken down car They were waiting for the day to cool How long do think our water will last? Probably about three days if we are not greedy Has this ever happened to you before? Yes it has happened many times but normally I…