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I Want That! A small poem and audio narration about wanting more than we need
My poem I Want That! is included in the new Compassiviste anthology on overconsumption. It looks at desire in its smallest, most familiar form —…
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REBLOG: Exploring Poetry— Nigel Byng’s Brilliant Reading of My Poem
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Broken Rengay Anthology: my book cover illustration
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The Dark Transformation of Dr. Jekyll: an acrostic poem
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Andrena: an acrostic haiku chain
Structured as an acrostic haiku chain, this poem weaves together form and meaning to reveal the hidden lives of mining bees. With a delicate interplay…
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Where’s Walter? a quadrille poem
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The Dark Secrets of an Old Leather Handbag: a free verse poem
An old leather handbag holds a dark and terrible secret.
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Rain Clouds: a tanka poem
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Fired: a difficult conversation in free verse
In a dramatic interaction, an employee is fired just two weeks into the job due to a major error with the filing system. Although initially…
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Melissa Lemay interviews me on Collaborature!
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“One memorable time was when the producer called a breakfast meeting at a street café in Fulham. At the cusp of a wintry dawn, we found ourselves waiting for the first bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau to arrive. We cracked it open at 8 am, and I remember it as one of the best collaborative meetings ever!”
working as a cartoonist for Channel 4 TV
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✨ Honoured to illustrate the book cover of Broken Rengay
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The book features a rebellious take on the traditional rengay form—thirty six poems that bend the rules with humour, raw emotion, and poetic synergy.
Published by Prolific Pulse Press
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My blog is included in Best Poetry Blogs to Read in 2026!
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A grand house went. The street fell silent. #poetry #spokenword #historicalmemory #warpoem #minimalistverse #elegiac #sombercadence #artandpoetry #creativewriting #instapoetry
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Moonlit nonsense with Andy, chocolates, and scratchy sand — a love story. #Limerick #NonsenseVerse #WhimsicalPoetry #IllustratedVerse #Rhyme
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My new poem‑song Three Likes dives into the comedy and ache of online validation—how a handful of clicks can feel both trivial and monumental. A…
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