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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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Rhyme Me A Riddle, Riddle Me A Rhyme: a riddle
Rhyme Me A Riddle, Riddle Me A Rhyme: a riddle
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Short Winter Days: a quadrille
Short Winter Days: a quadrille
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Can AI Write Shakespeare? I ask artificial intelligence to write me a sonnet
Can AI Write Shakespeare? I ask artificial intelligence to write me a sonnet
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Fizzy Ing: a waltz wave poem
My poem Fizzy Ing is about the effervescent flow of Champagne from the bottle.
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Dreams: senryū poetry
This week’s W3 poetry prompt is hosted by Poet of the Week, Sarah at Wordsandcoffeewriting. The poetry prompt is to write a poem on the…
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Feet of Clay: a poem
Feet of Clay: a poem
Hey, I’m delighted to see you here! Thanks for coming. My blog is where I publish my poems and artworks (and reveal anything else that I think might be interesting!). I am so happy you’ve dropped by—please enjoy!
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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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Nux Vomica is poem No. 7, in a collaborative ‘double rengay’ poetry series by Matt Snyder, Lesley Scoble, David Bogomolny, and Melissa Lemay. Each poet’s…
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The limerick “The Camel” features a camel who dislikes dry land and prefers swimming off the coast of Ireland. The author, Lesley Scoble, is a…
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The poem “Jam Doughnut” by Lesley Scoble comically captures the desire for a jam doughnut despite concerns about weight. The poem humorously depicts the struggle…
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