After 4 years of work only 3-weeks now until the release of my new book of poems Orbit! For those of you who like their books on kindle, you can pre-order Orbit now on e-book and have it delivered to your device or app on release day September 1st 2023. (See link to pre-order below). For those of you who prefer physical copies, hardback and paperback versions of the book will be available on September 1st 2023. Thank you all for your continued support!

The poems in Orbit, Phillip Mellor’s 11th book of poems, deal with a vast array of subject matter, life, death, time, distance, and our own place in the world, if not the entire universe. The author explores his own life, from the roots of his own existence to the “unknowable unknown” we all must face at the end of it all. Orbit is full of life affirming poetry that will make you laugh, cry, and wonder at this great unfathomable mystery we call life. 

Phillip Mellor was born and raised in Leeds, West Yorkshire, and is now living in Seattle on the west coast of United States with his wife, Artist, Heather Mellor. He has been writing poetry since 1998, and published his debut collection of poetry Still Growing in 2007. Since then he has published a further ten original books of poetry, two books of selected poems and two ebook shorts. His work has been featured in various literary publications on both sides of the Atlantic.