THE HOTHOUSE KID,DEMENTIA,and BY HIS OWN HAND,are no longer available on the link s below.They can be accessed via Goggle at Julia Kneale on You Tube.These poems have been set to music and narrated by Rich Szerman.

PRO BONO PUBLICO

It's only that I got there first
and wrote it down.
(The words you might have written
if you'd had the time).
I may have hit the spot,
so now you say
it's a work of genius
penned by me.
No more than your own discarded thoughts
and shameful feelings.
Alive and public on a page.
My blame or glory in your hands.

LONGTAIL

I was born in The Year of The Rat.
Feared for being devious and too bright.
Used in labs for your own good.
Always on the outside looking in.
Only just a foot away.
And don't you know it.

SONG FOR NICK

          With your passion for books,
           Intensely deep looks,
           Heart open wide
           and was God on your side
           when you went for a drive in the rain?
           I will never forget the days
           we sent up Shakespeare plays.
           Oh how we laughed til we cried.
           And I still can't believe you have died.