Your book was passed to me today By your executor Your dedication is long dry The ink pale with age But my memories of you are fresh And really that is all that matters

Swarms of red rose ladybirds Hang heavily in the autumn air We are sharing a drink on our summer seat And should not be there at all As September has passed And October is spent Save for a day But what a day This day of golden avenues With its warm breezes and gentle light […]

You are travelling to Telford Give my regards to the Iron Bridge I am travelling to Oxford With Wren Wren Leipzig A goldfinch with a phenomenal intellect   If you send me a couple of selfies From your hotel room I will release the goldfinch And instruct it to travel in a northerly direction   […]

Each of the leaves Broken by its own weight Floats away from the mother tree

Turning Into the Void   From a high vantage we watched the battle progress   We watched as young men ignorant of delicate flowers   Were torn apart by the confusion of war   Each man slaughtered had experienced a childhood   Whether idyllic or not this was of no matter   It was their […]

I went down with the Clipperton in November 1875 Nobody survived the wreck on those wretched sands But I was not accepted into Heaven As I thought I might be Due to my cowardice on that awful night I was commanded to haunt the many streets Of the Walmer Strand From that day onwards without […]

Recently I found out that I had two cousins in Russia Which made me eager to contact them However they did not speak any English And I certainly did not speak Russian My neighbour suggested that I should face time them Which was a good idea in theory Until I found out that both Sergei […]

You are still mad at me As I left you alone But we were estranged Long before the break   I do miss you a great deal It pains me to admit that But we could not live together That was obvious for all the see   Time might heal our wounds And sweeten the […]

Whilst hiking in the national park  Marlon found many buttercups playing violins                                                                                         The […]

I soon forgot about this poem and declined to retrieve it