Why is there a dwarf in my bed I ask   Oh China Blue Oh China Blue I thought you liked TALL MEN It is so unfair and so unlike you   I have a new job which is very dull I superimpose false tractors On to real landscapes This is for the bottom end […]

My father and his father are both potters We have a shop and a very small factory Not far from the down harbour It was called or rather nicknamed The Curse of the Professionals  A throwaway remark from my mother In the summer we are quite busy And trade using the brand name Curse In […]

Jane asked me quite recently why I take photographs of the sea Was it the movement or the light or a combination of the two I answered yes and no as both the light and movement of the sea Interested me a great deal but it was the moment that I wanted to capture I […]

The one who plants trees  Knowing that he will never  Sit in their shade  Has at least  Started to understand  The meaning of life    I read these few lines As I sat on a cool station platform On a sweltering night in East India All the benches had been taken So I leaned against […]

I first noticed the pigeon in the road When the bus turned towards the terminus It had been killed by a bus or a tram Within the hour as its feathers were fresh And blowing in the grey sea breeze For this was a coastal town   I was about to photograph the bird When […]

24 Hour Party people was a movie about The Manchester music scene It is also the name of my black dog   I was one of these 24HPP and regret it now As I have lost my ability to play topless poker Which was a card game in which I remained undefeated   My dog […]

I asked you to remove your clothes And sit in front of the Acoustic sOund Mirror This you did without complaint I gave you one of my school exercise books And asked you to write words in French   Souvent Bientot Jamais  Ici  La-bas  Encore  Au-dessus de Derriere Dessous  Entre  Ailleurs  En arriere    I […]

The suspect lived at the above address in Ruislip His bedroom was sparsely decorated With the exception of two posters One was of Karl Marx And the other of the French actress Adele Exarchopoulos   He was last seen at a Manchester United football match on Saturday With his girlfriend Monica Sante who supports the […]

My first association with my hermaphrodite friend Was in a shell hole during the dark days of war I had dived into a water sodden pit to avoid the guns And found myself on top of a number of mutilated corpses It was then that I noticed that the corpse nearest to me Was displaying […]

There is an odd inscription  On the memorial bench  Nearest to the sea wall  What does it say  God’s Speed Esther Read Is there anything else of interest on the bench  Dates a poem perhaps  No that is all there is  Do you know who the memorial bench honoured  Yes a Natalie Sissons who used […]