I've been writing poetry since the mid 1990's. I write for
pleasure and also as a reflective way of creatively analysing my own human
situation. In the late 90's I was published in various poetry
anthologies and won a few competitions for my writing. I am interested in
concrete poetry, also in concrete art and letter forms. I am fascinated
with wordplay and double meaning.
My book Dismissive Disguise came about after I was encouraged to
produce a book of poems by my closest friend who loved to read my work. I
looked at all the poems I'd written and came up with an idea of a relationship
in three stages: meeting, falling in love, and finally breaking up. Then my friend and I
selected poems that fitted into those categories. The poems hopefully tell a story of a romance. The
male and female images used on the book cover came from poems I'd written in
1996.
I have appeared in the following poetry anthologies:-
Poetic Words from the East(1994).
Perceptions (1997),
Light Of The World (1997),
Changing Times (1997),
Dimensions of Thought (1998)
My Own Place (1998),
Dilemmas Of Life (1998),
Faith From Afar (1998),
Echoes of Life (1998),
Passage Through Time (1999),
Messages & Dreams (1999),
Passions of the Unspoken Word (1999)
and Faithful Friends (1999).
I have appeared in the following poetry anthologies:-
Poetic Words from the East(1994).
Perceptions (1997),
Light Of The World (1997),
Changing Times (1997),
Dimensions of Thought (1998)
My Own Place (1998),
Dilemmas Of Life (1998),
Faith From Afar (1998),
Echoes of Life (1998),
Passage Through Time (1999),
Messages & Dreams (1999),
Passions of the Unspoken Word (1999)
and Faithful Friends (1999).
