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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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At Ida Rubinstein’s remarkable rehearsal a year later than planned
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On a blue moon night: haiku
It is the night of the Blue Moon, August 2021. I am sitting in a beautiful seaside garden bathed in moonlight. Andrew (my lord and…
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“When I was in India…”
I remember as a child being enraptured by my father’s stories about when he was in India during World War II. Instead of the usual…
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iPad Paintings: a visit to the David Hockney exhibition, The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020 at the RA
Under an overcast sky, threatening rain, I and my eldest son set off to see the David Hockney exhibition, The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020…
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The Joys and Art of Sunbathing
The Joys of Sunbathing Aah! To bathe in the sunCan be relaxing funSensing UV raysOn hot sunlit daysSoaking up vitamin D(seems good to me)ButLying so…
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The Solitary Bee
The Solitary Bee I am a solitary beeon my ownI am not a queen or even a drone I hum a tuneFrom time to timeIt…
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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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Belongings: a free verse poem or three
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Bluebells of Bunhill: a sijo poem
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Shady Deals Behind Closed Doors: a tapestry poem
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