© Ben Robinson 2022 Dedicated to Bruce Forsyth, who was always witty and entertaining, and all the comedians of the world who make the world a happier place. Index A handful of rain, 5 Amongst the flowers, 7 Another day, 9 Battlefield of the mind, 10 Catatonic, 12 Come on, 16 Contemplation, 13 Day, 15 […]

A hand, buried in the sand, some unknown man, some homeless man, about who people did not give a damn, a man who was found upside down, with bullets through him, and flies buzzing around, a case of mistaken identity in Mexico, where drug dealers do not give a damn, they do not give a […]

A glass of wine, a valentine? A hope, a dream, a goal, a plan, a scheme, a wish to meet someone nice. But at what place, and at what time, I do not mind, because spontaneity is better, and what a wonderful thing chance is, and with chance there is no reason or rhyme. So, […]

A blank page, a new start, a work of fiction, or a work of art, now, what inspires you in your mind, to make a start, for so powerful is creation, and so variable, and so flexible, that it captures your heart, and wherever your mind wanders, so great are the possibilities, that for generations […]

A big heart, a kind caring mind, and blue, blue eyes, beauty in the candlelight, the bedevilling kind, sensual and teasing, and a glorious smile, and magnificent and effervescent, and bubbling with style, and before my eyes, a glorious surprise, a wonderful woman with wickedness on her mind, but I do not mind, I do […]

6 windowpanes, blue sky, a tree, and tiredness, tiredness in my brain, 6 windowpanes, and rain, and feeling sleepy, wishing the day away. 6 windowpanes, and sun, and enthusiasm and wonder, often views mostly of grey this time of year, and blue, and nature at its best and its worst, and happiness, and dullness too, […]

Drawn to fight in a foreign land, in a foreign land for money, 5 months, 17 days, and three countries away, and in a daze, and in the dust and in the heat, we speed away, we speed away down a dusty track with no going back, no going back to the place where we […]

4.25 AM, my eyes were blinking rapidly in R.E.M, yes, at 4.25 AM, my mind was full of dreams and moonbeams, in the quiet of the night, under my roof, in my house by the cherry tree, yes, at 4.25 AM, with my eyes blinking rapidly in R.E.M, as my girlfriend she watched wide awake, […]

1,2,3,4,5,6,7, flutters of the eyelids, and a smile from her, and I, I am in heaven. And waiting, waiting happily, as she runs towards me, as if in slow motion, with her arms outstretched, in a gentle motion, and with her, perfume filling the air, so delicately and flagrantly, oh, how wonderful it is, and […]