Jake Bibble 27th July 2016 A Little Friend of Mine Oh me Oh my A little friend of mine died today Ginger fur all golden eyes a chasing...

Early pearly morning dew A dog fox beats the barn owl home Sunday morning green and clean The garden is quiet Dried scrolled leaves dance...

I heard a door bang shut this morning The gleam in her eye had gone too The cats curled in a coma Dreaming of what might have been No...

When life senses the closing, when the collective creaking joints and ashen ochre pallor seen through blood shot tired eyes stare back...

‘Another Hercules Artisan’ East Cowes, Isle of Wight 1957 It was not so much the getting to where you wanted to be on the Island as the...

The Mystery Tour West Cowes, to the Buddle Inn, Niton, Isle Of Wight 1955 I recall an occasion when my Auntie Min and Uncle Don, both of...

In the top field beside the tall grass Long ago when we were Nippers Hidden by the green grass bushes Hidden so no one else could see...

East Cowes, Isle of Wight 1958 Late summer’s lazy afternoons rolled easily into evening, lines of deepening lavender blushing the distant...

The Pig Field York Avenue, East Cowes, Isle of Wight 1956 For as long as I could remember, in the top field adjacent to the Bommy...

9 Adelaide Grove, East Cowes, Isle of Wight August 1955 Sometimes during the long hot summer weekend afternoons in August, I could be...

East Cowes, Isle of Wight 1953 - 1955 Pushing through the side exits the bustling rush of children leaving the cinema spilling onto...

Northwood, Isle of Wight Wyatts Lane & Oxford Street Northwood Church 1954 On a fine day, from our tiny scullery window in Kent House I...

Mulligan and Zebra The story of the Kent House feral cat Who became Mr & Mrs Gravenall’s cat named Zebra Upon the mat at Flat A, Kent...

The Seat Of John Nash Esq. Can you see it? There, it sits in the green fields Upon the highest point? There it is, against the sky...

East Cowes, Isle of Wight 1955 Harold Bowen, the proprietor of Radio Resco, in East Cowes, in addition to selling the town televisions...

Malena breath A stomach full of blood Deep dark Comes the smell of chrysanthemum Metallic iron flaking edge Rusting old chains Oh!...

Kent House, York Avenue, East Cowes Christmas 1957 Very occasionally, as I was growing up, I would suffer from heavy nose bleeds; I can...

York Avenue, East Cowes, Isle of Wight March 1955 It was one of those bright crisp Cowes mornings; the wind was cutting and getting up,...

East Cowes, Isle of Wight, 1956 Only I can see the where and who The why of me into the furthest distance As I pedal my bicycle down York...

Boxing Day 1955 I had walked the bike up and down Moorgreen Road to the cricket field several times, due to the fact I was unable to ride...