Stuart Miller-Osborne

My bedroom window Overlooks the ancient tracks Once used by the early pioneers   My grandfather built this lonely house With views to the lake and the distant trees It has remained in my family ever since   Today is my wedding day and I will bring my bride To this airy window so that […]

Quite often when I am working I watch webcams from around the world From cities to beaches from mountains to valleys One of my favourites is a beach bar in the Seychelles The cam is focused on a couple of tables Half revealed in a complex of palm trees Yesterday I watched as a group […]

I was at the swimming pool yesterday When I saw two guys kiss each other fully of the lips So what It happened when I was in the unisex changing room I was wearing my lime green swimming costume Which as you know becomes gossamer when wet My breasts could be clearly seen through the […]

White Sidewalks  Only the white sidewalks Lead to the railroad station In this violet town   Quite why this is so Is long lost to history But I do find it convenient   Afternoon Swimming Pool After a rather busy morning We are relaxing by the swimming pool How lovely you are in your blush […]

I am convalescing in Tunisia After a serious accident At present I am housebound Which frustrates me a great deal But of late I have made a friend An expatriate of slender means Who told me as we sat on a terrace That he once sold Dover To a passing sea captain Who promptly lost […]

Jane and I lay behind A burning bush In the midday sun We were alone on the beach And were listening To the hollow bells Of the three churches As they followed The lengthening hours            

Dogs Only dogs will sense the apocalypse While their drunken masters Sleep soundly Let the fat people extend their lives Untainted by the influence of canine philosophers Graffiti found in a car park not far from the South Bank complex by the author in January 2018   All dogs are philosophy students You can see […]

Above his desk in the staffroom at a busy station HI Ot Toe had a poster showing James Dean with a rifle slung across his narrow shoulders The actor was adopting the pose of a crucified saint HI Ot Toe was a railwayman of fifteen years and had worked at various main line stations during […]

Diana was taking down the Christmas decorations and packing them into two cardboard boxes which she would take to the attic room which overlooked the church She stared at her tree which was dark and bare and regretted her disposal It was still raining outside so she pulled her everyday mackintosh over her shoulders and […]

Dream Dennis Dream Dennis owned a wine shop in Tunbridge Wells It had been a very hot summer and for five consecutive days the temperature topped forty-four degrees Dream Dennis and his staff spent a great deal of time in the cold room between serving customers Dream Dennis had a girlfriend named Diana Diana had […]