New Collection now available, May 2021 : PAUSE AND REWIND
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PAUSE AND REWIND New Collection published on 24th May 2021. Each edition in this series of photo-poems centres on a different location, including York and this first one, Haxby. This is a light-hearted look in verse at aspects of my local village of Haxby, and its close neighbour Wigginton. Available now via Amazon, booksellers, local retailers and the author. |
BIRD'S EYE VIEW
An engaging and unusual debut collection of poems and quirky light verse, Bird’s Eye View is a hop-on/hop-off tour of the UK and European locations, with topics as diverse as hedgehogs and hang-gliding, strawberry picking and snorkelling, mountains and Mersey Ferries.
In three stages, the journey takes us on a rollercoaster ride through British seaside towns in ‘Baycombe’, casts a wry glance at Britain in Europe in
'Those Eurovision Nights’, and ends with a ramble through the shadowy forest of current affairs in the TV newsroom of ‘Soundbite City News’.
We explore the peaks and caverns of modern life, with a lively and informed commentary, and not least a smile or two.
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Originally published in March 2020 as Burg's Eye View, this is an updated version with a revised title, launched on 17th May 2021.
Available now via Amazon, booksellers, local retailers or via the author.
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WHISPER ON THE SHORE
Lyrical verses about love, relationships and hope in a world of 'burning skies'. PUBLISHED IN MARCH 2020, but only available through retailers until 31st May 2021, and thereafter via the author. 
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TRIBUTE NIGHT AT THE SOCIAL
It's Open Mic Night at the Bannockpace Sports & Social Club, and we've invited some distinguished guest speakers to perform - if not in person then in spirit.
First published in March 2020, but only available through retailers until 31st May 2021, and thereafter via the author. 
Tribute Night at the Social
placed 3rd Yeovil Writing Without Restrictions 2017 A collection of 14 tribute poems in a comedy setting - available now as a pamphlet (March 2020) YEOVIL COMPETITION - thanks again !
All these commended works are now included in my debut collection BURG'S EYE VIEW: Blackpoolium - highly commended (top 10) in the Writing Without Restrictions competition 2018 (now incorporated into Burg's Eye View as 'Baycombe') Pavement from inside Costa Coffee King's Cross one winter evening - commended in the Poetry competition 2018 
Soundbite City News - shortlisted Yeovil Writing Without Restrictions competition 2016
My poem Hang-Gliding was longlisted for the 2015 Yeovil Poetry prize.
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Some of my favourite writers
Classic:
W.H. Auden William Blake T.S. Eliot John Keats Wilfred Owen Carl Sandburg William Shakespeare Dylan Thomas R.S. Thomas William Wordsworth W.B. Yeats Modern: Simon Armitage Liz Berry Carole Bromley Miles Cain Billy Collins Jonathan Edwards Paul Farley Seamus Heaney Lindsey Holland Ian Humphreys Brendan Kennelly Ted Kooser Roger McGough Ian McMillan Allison McVety Kiran Millwood Hargrave Esther Morgan Helen Mort Brian Patten Owen Sheers Kathryn Simmonds Jean Sprackland Keith Taylor Hugo Williams Ryan Van Winkle Slam:
Harry Baker MiKo Berry Sarah Kay Rives |
The Rose of BhagranapurShe moves with grace but no airs,
Her gaze unflinching at the sight Of the unblinking around her. |
Sopwith Camel
.. one for those of a certain age..
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The Colour of Music
... I see music in the simple things ...
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