POETRY
Read all about my debut poetry pamphlet Who Am I Supposed To Be Driving? - and follow the links to buy a copy - HERE! Meanwhile, here are a few more examples of my published work.
Welcome to Haworth
"With time collapsing, Keeper runs on hills where walkers vie to see the waterfall, the chair, to breathe Top Withens air. They shrink from his unleashed greeting.."
In this poem I was trying to imagine the present-day moors of tourist Haworth superimposed onto the land through which Emily Bronte wandered with her dog, Keeper. What would they have thought of each other, really? Read this and another two of my poems HERE in the literary magazine Lunate.
In this poem I was trying to imagine the present-day moors of tourist Haworth superimposed onto the land through which Emily Bronte wandered with her dog, Keeper. What would they have thought of each other, really? Read this and another two of my poems HERE in the literary magazine Lunate.
Evil Eye
"Your cold eye would overflow with thick white malice."
Here's one for the swimming pool library. Inspired by an encounter with a ghoul, it was published in The Emma Press's 2019 anthology of Contemporary Gothic Verse. It's a terrific wee collection and you can snap up a printed copy here.
"Your cold eye would overflow with thick white malice."
Here's one for the swimming pool library. Inspired by an encounter with a ghoul, it was published in The Emma Press's 2019 anthology of Contemporary Gothic Verse. It's a terrific wee collection and you can snap up a printed copy here.
Line Break
I wrote this for my friend and boss Chris Cornell, who hanged himself in May 2017. When UK magazine Mslexia put out a call for elegies, I submitted it and was humbled and moved when poet Linda France selected it for the magazine's 20th Anniversary edition in March 2019. Although Linda had no idea at first who Chris was, I was happy that the poem still communicated what I was trying to say. Here are both the elegy and her critique.
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Just Look Up
Here's a poem about addiction ... in this case to wifi. Smartphones can be a mixed blessing, especially in remote rural areas. In February 2019 it was published in Snack, a Scottish print magazine which features local arts & culture events. You can also read it online. The brilliant illustration was done by Fionnlagh Ballantine.
Watchman
"Sprawled in his chair,he makes no bones
about his being."
Here's a poem I originally wrote in response to an artwork by my friend Lynn Bennett-Mackenzie. I later submitted it to Edinburgh magazine Fearlessly, who put it together with a piece on Lynn's practice and the story behind her sculptural work, 'Moine'. You can read that article - with the poem - and look at more of Lynn's work HERE.
about his being."
Here's a poem I originally wrote in response to an artwork by my friend Lynn Bennett-Mackenzie. I later submitted it to Edinburgh magazine Fearlessly, who put it together with a piece on Lynn's practice and the story behind her sculptural work, 'Moine'. You can read that article - with the poem - and look at more of Lynn's work HERE.
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