Claiming my Irish inheritance
Most people regard me as a typical Englishman, but, in reality I am, like many people born in the British Isles, a mixture of English, Scottish and Irish. It just happens that I grew up in Sussex in Southern England,…
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Eve (and Adam) keep falling.
There are two poems about Adam and Eve in my new poetry collection, Remembering Blue, this one, Eve, came together as a little film made in my home town of Lewes, UK. Maybe I’m a bit obsessed by our earliest,…
Kneeling can give you nightmares – I wrote a poem about it.
I went to one of those boarding schools where pupils were expected to pray every day even when the act of praying was, to me at least, a bit of a mystery. We spend what seemed like hours, (but what…
Remembering Peter Fonda – the easy rider
I was sad to hear of Peter Fonda’s death, not just because he starred in Easy Rider, one of my favourite films, or just because he was unusual for a Hollywood star (in those days) to take an active role…
My new poetry collection, Remembering Blue, begins with a haiku
My debut poetry collection is called Remembering Blue after a line in the opening poem, Haiku. The poem was my first attempt at writing in this difficult Japanese short-form poetry style. I’m still not sure if I fulfil all the…
I’m reading one of my Remembering Blue poems in the Virtual World.
My poem The Imperial Stamp was filmed in the virtual world Second Life three years ago. I’m playing it here to celebrate its inclusion in my new poetry collection, Remembering Blue. My poem The Imperial Stamp from my newly published…
My debut poetry collection -Remembering Blue – is published.
This week sees the publication of my debut poetry collection, Remembering Blue by Ward Wood Publishing. The poems were written over a period of ten years (2008 – 2018) and, even though I am also lucky enough to have two…
I can’t stop writing these Fibonacci poems.
I have three new Fibonacci poems published today in the Fib Review, the specialist poetry journal for this intriguing style based on the Fibonacci number sequence. I’ve been writing them now for over ten years and The Fib Review has…
I return to Ovid for 3 more Fibonacci Poems – published today.
Apollo and Daphne (1744/5) by Giovanni Batista Tiepolo (Louvre, Paris) I have had three new Fibonacci poems published today in the splendid online publication The Fib Review, the world’s leading Fibonacci specialist publisher. These three make a total of 82…
You’ve read the poems, seen the film, now buy the album
I’ve been working with the multi-talented American composer, Tim Risher for a few years now. It’s been both stimulating but also, great fun. Most recently, we worked together on a new song cycle for tenor and piano (Fibonacci Poems) and…