The Internet of Words

Poem #6 Some days, I am not a good parent. I was often not a good parent in the past. Social media has become a place where arbitrary judgement comes as standard. It doesn’t matter which version you use, either:…

The Biography Bit There should probably be some background at this point. After winning a Poetry Society members’ contest (and reading that piece at the Poetry Café in Covent Garden) in 2018 I wrote 24 poems about Southend on Sea…

Poem #7 It is important to acknowledge those who taught you to be more curious. There are a number of people who I have never met in real life, but who have massively influenced my poetry practice in a direct…

Poem #5 How much of your poetry is autobiographical? A surprising amount, as it transpires. In fact, if you look closely enough, it is possible to work out exactly when and where a lot of my work was written, in…

Poem #1 … the statement, to do everything differently from the beginning. I owe many debts of gratitude to those people who helped this debut pamphlet become a reality: Barbara and Darren at Dragonfly Press, Dr Kim Moore and Damien…