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REBLOG: Exploring Poetry— Nigel Byng’s Brilliant Reading of My Poem
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The Diminished Chord: a free verse poem
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Two Bags of Sweets: a pantoum poem
Two Bags of Sweets: a pantoum poem
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Beyond the Ridge: a free verse poem
Beyond the mighty, moonlit, misty ridge, In the mystery of a woodpecker’s wood on the parapet of the humpback bridge A mad hatter stood. His…
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The Mallard Drake and the White Duck: a fowl poem
The Mallard Drake and the White Duck: a fowl poem
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The Whispering Snow Moon: a haibun
The Whispering Snow Moon: a haibun
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The Night Train: a limerick
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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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