to romanticise the world is to make us aware  of the magic mystery and wonder of the world  it is to educate the senses to see the ordinary  as extraordinary the familiar as strange  the mundane as sacred the finite as infinite   Who said that Novalis Never heard of him or her He was […]

My friend from Bosnia is visiting me this summer His skin is Blue due to an industrial accident he suffered He is in love with my ginger sister who he calls Red Even though her name is Pauline and she is in fact blonde We live together in a lovely little house in Green Park […]

It was because of my residence of this station That I went to college and later met Jane I can remember the morning well It was the Morning of the Goddesses When I was introduced to two poets Fun’ya no Yasuhide and Fun’ya no Asayasu We shared tea and discussed my future They said that […]

We are all fading slowly This is inevitable We are all ghosts But do not admit it   This is to be celebrated As it is the only possession That we really and truly own It is ours to cherish for eternity   But I do not love my ghost  at all Indeed I hate […]

When walking recently I found a Batman figure Secreted on a bench facing the sea It was made by Lego as part of a Gotham City set I was quite surprised by my unusual find As one does not normally find Lego figures On sea worn benches with views to France   Yesterday I purchased […]

It was to be a joint poetry project We would travel across Amerika Writing poetry along the away But it did not work out that way The whole thing became too hard for you And you left me just over a week ago I am now sitting by the pool of a motel The sun […]

We are what we repeatedly do Excellence then is not an act But a habit   I think that Aristotle Has captured me In a nutshell   I am the ego But there are those Who would keep me in a darkened room       Outlaw

I had been reading on a coastal bench For about half and hour when I noticed Two women coming towards me One was on a pale blue and white bicycle And the other on a highly decorated skateboard They passed quietly and without incident Until they had faded from my immediate sight     Outlaw […]

I was due to meet my beloved Aureole In Southern France as we had chosen A lavender field in Provence To announce our full engagement   I was booked to travel on Le Train Bleu But am trapped in Calais at present As I suffer from Daltonism which restricts My ability to travel on the […]

A number of years ago I queued outside Outside a cinema in London’s West End My reason for queuing was that the cinema Was that it was showing a movie called Death Wish In which Charles Bronson wiped out all the bad guys I had always fancied myself as something of a vigilante And killed […]