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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 Barbican Life Winter 2021 magazine: my lockdown wildlife photography
Barbican Life My lockdown photography In this winter’s issue of Barbican Life Magazine there is an article by Erin Summers about my wildlife photography during…
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At The Going Down Of The Sun
Robert Laurence Binyon wrote his most well known poem ‘For the Fallen’ while gazing out to sea from a cliff-top in Cornwall in 1914 just…
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Remember, Remember The Fifth Of November!
Bonfire Night Bonfire night is when we celebrate and remember, remember the failure of Guy Fawkes to blow up Parliament in 1605! (Anybody want to…
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New storybook illustration:The Grim Rapper is tapping at your door…
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Under the influence of Paula Rego’s Possession at Tate Britain
I am off to the Paula Rego exhibition at the Tate. My sister invited me to a private view and has timed tickets for 7pm.…
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The Shortest and Sweetest of Songs: the shortest poem in the world?
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!
Thank you, dear readers, for your support.
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The poem “The Burnt Cards” reflects on the consequences of playing with damaged cards in a game of blackjack. Written in response to a creative…
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Four-person Double Rengay “Round the Block” by David Bogomolny, Melissa Lemay, Matt Snyder, and Lesley Scoble captures urban life and personal struggles. The innovative form,…
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There was a comical clock that laughed every hour but coughed at ten. It is now famous and tells the time on TikTok. (Lesley Scoble,…
