
Eyes and scales, also gills,
Swimming no longer:
Ready for the platter

Eyes and scales, also gills,
Swimming no longer:
Ready for the platter

Seize the opportunity
One door leads to another:
Paths of life
Picture taken in Hyderabad, India

The wonder of water:
It reflects the truth
And sometimes distorts it
Chowmollah Palace in Hyderabad

Arms and the man,
The hunting is over,
Only a dry skull remains

Light filters through
the colour’d glass window
for spiritual delight
Window in Farm Street Curch, Mayfair, London

Standing by Stalin,
albeit in bronze:
odd memories evoked
This statue of Stalin, now in Tirana, was cast during Albania’s Communist era (1944-91). Albania was the only country to continue revering Stalin after his death.

A tangled chain of events
linked only by fate
leads always to an end

This flavoursome bulb
Brings tears to the eyes
Oh, and much joy to the tongue

Father and son
Thirty-three years apart
That’s a family for you

Rain, wet leaves
flattened on the pavement:
very slippery underfoot