I spent my childhood in Japan A European boy in another country I was made to feel welcome by my fellows And became much fascinated by their culture But my one lasting memory now quite small Was waiting for my school train on spring days And watching the pastel pink and white blossom Fall gently […]

WHERE ARE YOU NOW AND WHAT CAN YOU SEE ? At present I am in my deceased father’s study (He died in a car crash aged 19 in September 1973) From the only window in this room I can see the sea WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY READING My fathers name was Stephen Masefield (which is […]

I am on the beach You are my Samurai I am wearing your black shorts And nothing else Samurai Samurai You are my Samurai I am taking photographs With your expensive camera Sardinia Sardinia You are so dry Sardinia Yet possess such beauty I am naked without you My Samurai

The woman in my railway carriage Is reading a newspaper She is middle aged And wearing a heavy coat It is bitterly cold outside I am without sight Forgive me

I was born In my Death bed

Without am nothing

I am exhausted By what I see So I close My eyes

There will be many beautiful times But this one is ours Only ours Only ours I can see peacocks and snowdrops From the battlements of my castle My enemies are far away but so very near

Home at last Did you enjoy yourself Jane Very much I do like women’s football It is softer than men’s football There is no violence in the crowd and all those dreadful songs What dreadful songs You know the ones When I went to the West Ham Chelsea match with you last season They called […]

I was in The Swing Cafe when I met a gorgeous sailor Who lured me on to his Icelandic fishing boat And when there showed me his large trombone I was unimpressed and asked him to wear a cotton frock After he had slowly changed if front of me I threw him into the freezing […]