Celebrate with me 10 years of independent publishing, with this personally selected collection of poetry, taken from my seven published books. In addition to these previously published works appearing together in the same book for the first time, there is a generous selection of previously uncollected works on offer, along with seven specially written poetry … Continue reading Out Now! Drawing Outside of the Lines: Poems 2007-2017
Stock Exchange (from Conditioned by the System) 2009 After realising my dream of publishing my first book of poetry in 2007, I turned my attention to writing a new batch of poems that I imagined would make up the follow-up collection. My first book, Still Growing was made up of poems I had written between … Continue reading Poetry Profiles #2 Stock Exchange
Whitby (from Still Growing) 2007 The town of Whitby, located on the north east coast of England, is probably best associated with the literary character Dracula. Thanks to Bram Stoker, the town has become a Mecca for Goths and those who love their fiction with a bit more bite. My association with Whitby is a … Continue reading Poetry Profiles #1 Whitby
To celebrate the soon to be published, Drawing Outside of the Lines: Poems 2007-2017 on 1st July 2017, I wanted to share with you all a few stories of some of the poems in the collection. The first story, or poetry profile is for the poem, Whitby from my debut collection, Still Growing. It will … Continue reading Poetry Profiles: Introduction
It is a great pleasure to announce that Drawing Outside the Lines: Poems 2007 - 2017 will be released on 1st July 2017. The book contains a personally hand picked selection of my poems taken from the 7 books I have published throughout my ten years of independent publishing. Some poems are taken from books … Continue reading Drawing Outside of the Lines: Poems 2007 – 2017 to be released on 1st July 2017
Working on my new poetry book this morning. 📖 I am amazed that after almost 4 years of writing these poems I can look upon them as if they were poems by another writer. I know I wrote them, yet here they are after all this time separate from me in someway. I am amazed … Continue reading Other Silent Days… After all the chops and changes the book…
