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  • Standing in a Cuban Street

    I often dream that I am in Cuba Before the revolution sipping gin That was yesterdays dream As I am now in a Cuban jail I have committed no crime Apart from sipping gin In a Cuban bar Before the revolution

  • Sonning Bridge

    In the last few years a post box and a back front door (with a floating door mat) have been attached to Sonning Bridge And now a telephone I was planning to attach an Inter-City train to the bridge but there were problems with the suspension so I settled for a telephone A.E. Housman would […]

  • Sea Bathing Blue

    I do not care for swimming in the sea on cool and overcast days some might consider it fun but I have an aversion to cold water as one cannot listen to the wireless when the tide is high and what is life without your favourite radio show That is why I moved to the […]

  • Silver Glory Shoes

    About 5% of women wear Silver Glory Shoes On mass transit systems Which is worryingly low For countries such as England and France There are various theories But nobody has given a definitive answer To me so I will continue To sell silver bracelets and charms On the Brighton seafront

  • Stop Following Me

    Stop following me Angel I am old enough To look after myself I know of your good intentions But God must allow you rest Otherwise you will become exhausted And that will not do As exhausted angels lack street chic And might further dent my fading cred     Brighton England     

  • Buffer Stops

    We spent a lot of our time playing near or on the derelict buffer stops Fast trains occasionally sped by sounding their warning whistles loudly But we did not care and returned to our coal foul playgrounds As soon as the dangers of the speeding trains had passed unseen These were our carefree days and […]

  • An Afternoon on the Beach

    Today I spent an afternoon on the beach with Jane Nothing happened yet a lot conspired to happen I dropped a sharp pebble ino Jane’s beach bag (As I collect pebbles and fossils) And remarkably it punctured a can of cider which slowly leaked For about twenty minutes during which time I calculated the possibilities […]

  • Fucking & Poetry

    Poetry If I fucked all the time Then I would not write Poetry       And that would not do would it not do write poetry and do not fuck that is my considered advice for what it is worth 

  • Lone Ship

    This morning resembled all my mornings as all my mornings do I went to the beach early in the fifth hour to greet the sun But was slightly disappointed as clouds were partially blocking my view To my right I could see a lonely ship sailing at speed towards the horizon I wondered if the […]

  • The Cinema of Tarkovsky

    It is so pleasant here This house reminds me of grandfathers house I really liked it So I have decided to build one just like it I don’t like innovation    What film is that from I do not have a clue David  Solaris  Never heard of it  It was made about five years after […]