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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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King Richard II’s Ode to his Handkerchief
King Richard II is alone in his castle prison cell. He is dying. He sings an ode into his handkerchief.
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Waterfall: a waltz wave poem
Waterfall: a waltz wave poem
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Alexa: a poem
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Gawp! What is’t? a Yorkshire quadrille
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Good Evening News: the lyrebird and the chainsaw; a prose poem
Good Evening News: the lyrebird and the chainsaw; a prose poem
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Mezza Luna: a haibun poem
Mezza Luna Mezza Luna is Italian for the half-moon, or quarter phase of the moon. This month of February, 2023, it was mezza luna on…
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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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