Remembering Borges' words

The bright reefs of books -

Their wonderful siren songs -

Remembering Borges' words -

Paradise as a kind of library -

Swanage

March 2026

Before Wuthering Heights

A Merlot in the bar -

The art deco clock -

Billie Holliday singing - 

The Rex, Wareham 

February 2026

Full English in the Red Lion Hotel

A Full English under gnarled creaking beams -

Prints of three bottle squires -

A glimpse of a cobbled courtyard -

A painting of a mutton chopped alderman on the stairs -

Red Lion Hotel, Salisbury 

March 2026

Le Cirque du Soleil

Beautiful girls whirling through the air - 

A wild violin -

A yellow butterfly -

Albert Hall

February 2026

Two portions of chicken and chips

At the counter in Chick-O-Land -

Rain falling on Salisbury -

Glimmering streets -

Remembering the summer of Jakey's smile -

Salisbury 

February 2026

After watching Nouvelle Vague

I'll wear sunglasses, even at night -

Drive a louche Buick -

Walk on my hands - 

Play pinball with a cigarette hanging from my mouth -

There'll be cool jazz - 

I'll say art is never finished, only abandoned -

Coupe, coupe!

The Rex, Wareham 

February 2026

Remembering the banlieues

Nigel still breathes the air of the banlieues -

Remembers the brutal balconies -

The smell of petrol -

The wailing of police cars -

Swanage 

February 2026