Poetry

A Sexy Ghost Story set in a Bangkok Bar

Bangkok Don Juan is a verse novel told in the same verse form as Byron’s original. It tells the story of Jim, a ‘fat and fifty-something sort of man’ who, after his divorce, goes to Thailand where he indulges in every erotic experience on offer. Book I was published on this site in 2006, and since then, the work has grown into a verse novel with many characters and subplot. The book is now available for Kindle on Amazon, and will soon be available in a print version.

One of the greatest poems of the 20th century comes under the Bangkok Byron hammer.

Dear Mama, I am dying, don't abandon me now.

More haiku. The below five, as with the preceding five (part 1) and seven (part 2), are all in 5-7-5 and were composed in Thailand.

Haiku composed in Thailand, part 2

"Thaiku"

Never had I seen such beauty, elegance and poise.

Four short poems inspired by T S Eliot’s Preludes.

This poem is inspired by one of the sonnets of the Portuguese Byron, Bocage, in which he gives us a frank self-portrait.

It’s not the girls I get, but the girls I just miss that keep me coming back. The girls I get are often a disappointment. The girls I just miss are always that perfect dream girl!

This poem for St Valentine’s day was inspired by one of the greatest love poems of all time: The Good Morrow, by John Donne.

There was a profound silence filled with chirping of evening birds returning to their nests. A balmy breeze started flowing with the sound of murmur in her lips.

It's time for some medicine-- I know what we need. An Icarus antidote: Something simple to read.