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Poetry Society Members' Profiles

The Poetry Society has nearly 4000 members, and here are the profiles of just a few of them. If you would like to add your profile, and become a member, contact membership at poetrysociety.org.uk.

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Dan Wyke

My poems have appeared in a number of publications, including The Rialto, Thumbscrew, The Reader, Oxford Poetry, Times Literary Supplement, and The Spectator. I received an Eric Gregory Award in 1999. Waterloo Press published a pamphlet Scattering Ashes in 2004 and have just brought out (July 2010) my first full-length collection Waiting for the Sky to Fall. I have a Facebook page and my poetry blog can be followed at http://otherlivespoetry.blogspot.com/. I live in Brighton where I manage a service for Age Concern and work as a counsellor.

Scott Kristoffer Ripley

First published in Poetry Review in 2010. I am a young bookseller and political activist living in East Sussex. With a dedicated and passionate approach I hope to make some small contribution to what we love.

Gill Nicholson

I am a South Cumbrian writer. In 1999 my plays Dougie Rides Again and The Scrap Heap were performed by the BBC and at West Yorkshire Playhouse respectively. A childhood memoir The Mirror Game appeared in 2004 and short stories were published by Flax in 2008. Poems have appeared in The Edge, Pitch, Pennine Platform, Seam, iota, Orbis and The Interpreter’s House. My first poetry collection Naming Dusk in Dead Languages was published by Handstand Press in November 2009. www.gillnicholson.co.uk

Timothy Adès

Translator-poet of rhyme and metre, I am a somewhat unusual writer. Awards a quantum, of books a trio: How to be Grandpa by Victor Hugo, 33 Sonnets (Cassou in danger) from Arc, his Amadis Mad (Agenda). Bert Brecht in journals, Alfonso Reyes, a Greek (no colonels), a pair of ladies. Oh yes, next business: big book of Desnos.

Alyson Hallett

Poetry books include The Stone Library (Peterloo Poets), Towards Intimacy and in the time of crow (Queriendo Press). My poem ‘Arise’ is carved into the pavement of Milsom Street, Bath,and I take stones with words carved into them all over the world. I recently completed a practice-based PhD and am about to be poet-in-residence for Exeter University’s Geography Department in Falmouth. www.thestonelibrary.com

Jack Stanley

Though resident in the UK, I was recently honoured as a US National Treasure. My initial poetry collection, Reckoning, was published by Hearing Eye in 2008. I’ve been short-listed for the Bridport Prize. My next poetry book, Jazz River, is composed of tributes to creators of America’s major musical art form. My jazz memoirs have been filmed and are held in the National Jazz Archive, Tulane University, New Orleans.

Jane Lovell

Most of my poems focus on man's relationship with wildlife, from microscopic prisoners in a jar to a circus elephant butchered during food shortages in post-war Vienna. Threads of folklore and superstition run through many. Examples can be found at www.myspace.com/jane128.

Sullivan the Poet AKA Michael Sullivan

I spent my early years in the Far East, returning to England in the late fifties where I was subsequently educated. Thereafter, I pursued what could only be described as a varied and 'colourful' career, throughout which the only common thread has been my writing - a passion fuelled by my fascination with the English language and the richness and diversity of its poetry in particular. www.sullivanthepoet.co.uk

John Pope

Soldier, authoritative writer on Business and Management, grandfather and gardener. I started writing poetry at 17, then nothing much until I was 60. I write ‘with the net up’ and have tried most of the common forms. Much is elegiac in tone. Nothing published yet but in a busy life I write only about a dozen poems a year. Will produce a chap book when there is enough on a theme.

Frances Green

I read poetry avidly, write it occasionally, and have been lucky enough to have work published in a number of places - which keeps me positively encouraged! I work in the area of conflict management and mediation, and so poetry offers an opportunity to escape and explore and imagine.I enjoy sharing my work and to make it accessible have set up www.sneezewortpoetry.co.uk.

John Asling

A Canadian with a background in journalism now living in Blackheath (London), I have published a few short stories and poems on both sides of the Atlantic. I have also worked as a church executive, youth worker, teacher and freelance writer and editor. I continue to study and write daily and publish in small magazines, loving the challenge and the opportunity to deepen my understanding of the soul of poetry.

Marion Ashton

I was inspired to start writing seriously about 12 years ago on an Arvon course led by Don Paterson. Since then I have had poems published in several magazines, including The North, Smiths Knoll and Mslexia. I have just completed the Creative Writing MA with Royal Holloway. I have a poem in the 2010 Cinnamon Prize anthology Glimmer. I'm also one of the featured poets on the poetry pf website.

Michael Blackburn

I have written poetry for many years and have a wide knowledge of styles through the centuries. I am fascinated by people and their interaction with the landscape and our surroundings. I have a great love for wild landscapes and coastlines which artistically I portray in my writing and photography. I regularly present lectures on the British Landscape. My expanding writing career encompasses poetry, novels, history, geography and comedy. My first poetry book is Touching Life.

Myra Schneider

My tenth collection of poetry, Circling The Core, was published by Enitharmon Press (2008). I’m interested in narrative, personal poetry and the writing process, and love being a poetry tutor. My publications about personal writing, with a strong poetry focus, include Writing Your Way Through Cancer (Jessica Kingsley 2003) and Writing Your Self (with John Killick, Continuum 2009). I am consultant to the Second Light Network of Women Poets and have co-edited three anthologies of work by contemporary women poets. www.esch.dircon.co.uk

Angela Topping

I have three solo poetry collections, two with Stride (Dandelions for Mothers’ Day 1988, The Fiddle 1999); one with bluechrome (The Way We Came 2007). My first collection for children is The New Generation (Salt 2010). A chapbook, I Sing of Bricks, is forthcoming (Salt 2011). I am freelance after 16 years teaching English in secondary schools. I write educational materials for several publishers and have edited two poetry books.

Ruth Fainlight

I have written poems since childhood, and later began to write short stories, translate poetry from other languages, and write opera libretti. My first collection was published in 1966. There have been about a dozen more since, including Moon Wheels, Burning Wire and Sugar-Paper Blue (shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize). My latest book is New & Collected Poems, which has just been published by Bloodaxe.

Dan Simpson

I am a spoken word poet, poetry events organiser and writer. I co-organise and compère Apples and Snakes Tongue Tide monthly poetry night in Whitstable and am active on the London performance poetry scene. I am published in Fuselit and a couple of other places. I also write poems on commission and run workshops for all ages. I blog here: http://dansimpsonpoet.wordpress.com.

Martin Alexander

I write poetry, short stories and travel pieces. I have been translated into Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese and Romanian. In 2004 I published a poetry collection, Clearing Ground (Chameleon Press). A featured writer at festivals in Hong Kong, China, Egypt, Singapore and Romania, I won the SCMP Short Story Competition (1999) and the Orient-Occident International Grand Prix for Poetry (2009). I am the poetry editor of the Asia Literary Review.

Ben Wilkinson

I was born in Stafford in 1985 and now live in Sheffield. My poems have appeared in publications including Poetry Review, Poetry London, The Spectator, The Manhattan Review and the TLS. My pamphlet of poems, The Sparks, was published by tall-lighthouse in 2008. Among other things, I review poetry for the Guardian and the TLS, and work as an editor of the Poetry Archive.

Leo Aylen

I've published 8 collections + approx 100 poems in anthologies + over 100 broadcast. Runner-up in Arvon (twice), Peterloo (twice), and Bridport. 3 solo shows on CBS. Created poems from current news for BBC R4 1994–98, translated Greek, Latin, French, Italian, German, and Spanish poetry for BBC, including Aristophanes' The Birds. Directed my translation of Sophocles’ Antigone. Many TV films as writer-director, BAFTA nomination. Co-wrote major Hollywood movie, starring Robert Duvall. www.leoaylen.com

Max Wallis

'Intricacy, delicacy, sensitivity and porn are just some of the people who populate the ever intriguing writings of Max Wallis': Gerry Potter aka Chloe Poems. Described as the 'future of poetry' by David Hoyle, 'Max Wallis is taking the word by storm' (Tony Walsh). I’m based in London and Manchester where I'm working on a debut novel and collection.

Alexandra Wilde

I was born in Buxton and grew up in East Africa, returning to England in 1970. I've always written poetry and short stories, had work published by Poetry Salzburg and won a hat trick of prizes in competitions sponsored by LB Havering. I'm a keen steam train buff, and perform my own "steamy" poems in Poetry on the Platform. My poetry collection, Of Trains and Transportation, is available from Railway Cat Creations. www.railway-cat.co.uk

Strider Marcus Jones

I am a Law graduate and ex-civil servant. In my teens, I hid my poetry notebooks under a floorboard in my bedroom. Bouts of bravery with myself, and luck, have seen some of my poems published in magazines, anthologies and poetry booklets. My three published books of poetry: Aspects Of Love, Inside Out and Mavericks with www.lulu.com are due to my published poet friends on Facebook encouraging me to share more of what I write with others. http://stridermarcusjonespoetry.blogspot.com/

Pat Earnshaw

I graduated in Biology and while teaching wrote The Systematics of Flowering Plants (Methuen). I later became a world authority on antique lace, giving frequent lecture tours in the USA, Australia, and Europe. I lectured for NADFAS and was a panel lecturer for the V&A. I published 14 fully illustrated reference books on the subject. My poems have been published in magazines and anthologies, as well as in three poetry collections, one of prose poems, and three pamphlets. www.pat-earnshaw.net/

Ana Paula Pinheiro

I write poems full of rhyme in the Portuguese and English languages.I started writing poems in 2004 when I was in the middle of a master´s degree in Business.My first bilingual poetry book was published very recently in Brazil and as well as having been registered in the Brazilian National Library, it was registered in the North American Library of Congress.

James Priestman

I’m chair of the Pitshanger Poets in West London. I perform all my poems from memory and I'm an experienced host of poetry open mic events, including the Immrama Festival of Travel Writing in Ireland and the Chiswick Book Festival in London. I work as Head of Drugs and Community Safety at Slough Borough Council.

Greta Ross

Retired recently from GP and Community Health, but still active in voluntary work and health projects in Eastern Europe. Poetry writing a way of life; meeting like-minded poets a joy. I've published one collection Facts of Life; have taken part in poetry workshops and Arvon courses. Other creative interests: the use of hypnosis to support constructive change; music and art.

Valerie Laws

My 8 books include two full collections from Peterloo Poets. I also specialise in sci-art poetry installations for exhibition and public spaces, often arising from commissions or science-based Residencies, two recently funded by Wellcome Trust. Currently Writer in Residence at Gordon Museum of Pathology, London, and Newcastle University's Institute for Ageing and Health. I perform live and in media and also invented the quantum haiku as seen in Quantum Sheep (poetry on live sheep) and on BBC2 on inflated beach balls. www.valerielaws.co.uk, www.facebook.com/#!/valaws

Andrew Jamison

My poetry has been published in Poetry Review, Poetry Ireland Review 100, The Rialto, The Yellow Nib, The Ulster Tatler, The Stinging Fly, The Dark Horse, The Red Wheelbarrow, Cyphers, The SHOp and The Moth. I’ve been chosen as one of thirteen to represent the UK in Morocco at the International Biennale of Young Artists 2011. I was born in Co. Down. Currently teaching English in Dixon’s Allerton Academy, Bradford, on the Teach First graduate programme. www.ukyoungartists.co.uk/content/andrew-jamison

Barbara Perucca

From Florence, but living in London since 2008. Wine Sommelier, Coq d'Argent French Restaurant, Bank, London. I’ve always written since I was a child, to stop a thought, a stream of feelings... I have published some poems in the book "Ode al vino" Polistampa, a short story in L'Arno raccontato. Tra cronaca e immaginario 1996-2006 Tagete Edizioni. Searching for an editor for my first book of poems.

John Lott

Golf, Observer; Poetry; Crystal Healing, Humanitarian, Cynic; Photography; Dowsing, Inquisitive, Atheist; Geology; Cooking. If, after reading a poem, you are inclined to place an icepack on your head, then the Poet has done you no favours. Much of life is eloquently exposing what you see, not obturating with obscurity.

Samantha Jeffery

I was named as one of the commended young poets at the Foyles Young Poets Award 2010. I'll be going on to study Creative Writing at university. I'm interested in developing new ways that poetry can be experienced by readers in this ever changing world. My blog http://wordpaintingsam.tumblr.com/ has the tag line 'Just My Outlook'.

Dr. Balbir Singh

I have written three books of poems in English; Time to Die Alone and Other Poems, The Chaotic Age and The Ignoble Strife; one book of poems in Hindi, Badalte Mausham, and The Early Fiction of Philip Roth. I am working as Associate Professor & Head, Department of English.,Govt. College, Karnal. My native town is Panipat, a city in Haryana, near New Delhi.

Ann Kelley

My poetry collections include Paper Whites (LME 2000) and Because We Have Reached that Place (Oversteps 06). I have a Poem On the Buses at Guernsey Literary Festival. I’ve published a novel, Bower Bird (Luath Press 07) and I won the Costa Children’s Book of the Year in 2007. I live in St Ives with a husband and two cats, and teach medical students to write poetry. I once nearly played cricket for Cornwall. annkelley.co.uk

Ian Harrow

I was born in Bamburgh, Northumberland and attended grammar school in Newcastle. I graduated from Leeds University and taught art history; I was head of the School of Art at Lancashire Polytechnic. My work has appeared in London Magazine, Stand, Other Poetry, Oxford Poetry, The Spectator, The Rialto, and several anthologies. I have published three collections: Polemos (Eperon Press 1995); The Ghost View (Dark Age Press 2009) and The Situation (Dark Age Press 2010).

Charles Evans

I’m a retired naval officer and academic. I’ve had plays performed professionally, won a variety of poetry competitions, and had poems published in numerous magazines. I took 2nd place in the 2008 National Poetry Competition. I’m a Churchill Fellow and a Hawthornden Fellow. My verse collection, Gentleman At Large, is available at www.gentlemanatlarge.co.uk. As a GODA-accredited drama adjudicator, I make regular appearances on the Kent and Home Counties drama festival circuit.

Caroline Cook

I live in Leicester and am one of the Stanza Reps for the new Poetry Stanza Leicester. I also belong to the Women’s Poetry Group Soundswrite. I like writing and reading poetry in English, French and German. I’m keen on the poetic work of Durs Grünbein and C.J. Allen.

Gemma Harrison

I'm a student at the University of Exeter, halfway through a BA Hons (English with Film Studies). Aged 4, I sold my homemade "books" to family and relatives for 4p! At 14 I was a Runner Up in a Spinebreakers Competition (Penguin's online community for teenagers). At 17 I self published some of my poetry and sold my books on Amazon. I'm working towards my degree whilst writing for the University's Newspaper and TV station.

Herinder Rai

I have been writing lyrical poetry on the human condition, love, nature, philosophical enquiry and reflection for many years. Drawn to the timeless, poetic beauty of traditional poetry and with a reverence for the English language in its purest form, my poems are strongly influenced by the era of romanticism whilst still embracing a modernist aesthetic.

Michael Ashby

My funeral poems about death and bereavement including ‘I Am Not Gone’, ‘Swansong’, ‘A Long Cup Of Tea’, ‘Ghosts Of The Fallen’ and the humorous ‘I Want To Be Buried With My Mobile Phone’ can be found at www.thefuneralpoem.com/. My other poems, including the cancer poems ‘Prostate With Grief’, and ‘Getting Even With Cancer’; the environment poem ‘The Blue Gym’; and the glaucoma poem ‘Early Glaucoma’ are at www.michaelashbypoems.com/

Sophia Dimmock

My first poetry collection Sky Particles was published by Lapwing Publications 2010. I read at regular poetry events around parts of the West Midlands & have had poems published on restaurant menus. Some of my poems can be read on www.sophiadimmock-poetry.co.uk I can also be found on Twitter & Facebook

Steven Pottle

I write about life, humanity, love, loss and the constant search for hope in desperate situations and attempt to switch on a light when surrounded by the darkness. My poetry has been published in various publications including Art/Photography books and I have a regular poetry section in a European lifestyle periodical. I also read at various poetry events including a spot at a burlesque evening. Read my work on www.stevenpottle.co.uk or my Facebook page.

Jogga Singh Teidy

I have been writing poetry as it comes to me. Recently came across UN Peace Disarmament competition. I drafted one on the spot, and it is now published as an entry. I am looking for support from fellow poets to "Like".

Tom Hoogewerf

A former Young Writer of the Year, I have published short stories and poetry (St Botolph's Review No 2), and perform at The Poetry Café, London. I live in Camden and work as a global intercultural consultant. This year I launched a poetry blog - http://poemsatlarge.blogspot.com. My approach is eclectic, a fusion of traditional and contemporary sources, forms and rhythms. Find me on Twitter.

Lucy Humphreys

Budding poet, fledgling witch. I dance my insides out. mygoldenlight.wordpress.com

Charlotte Chase

I recently graduated from the University of Plymouth with an English Literature and American Studies degree. I now live and work in London in publishing. At 21 I had my first children's book published and my poetry has been included in a war anthology entitled The Colour of War. I am also a committee member of the Society of Young Publishers. My poetry largely focuses on human relationships with nature and the balance between the two parties. www.charlottechase.co.uk

John Anstie

Much of my writing and my poetry focuses on the future and the important part that our children, and the way we treat them, play in this. It also spans a diversity of life’s experiences, some moving war poetry and particularly observations of life for a modern generation. I am in the process of steering a collaboration of grass roots poets to publication. http://poetjanstie.wordpress.com/

Becky Nuttall

I am a poet and artist living in South Devon. I cannot remember a time when I did not write, draw or read. I was a member of the Puffin Club so now I'm a grown up member of the Poetry Society. I am on Facebook, Twitter (Littlewonder10), The Devon Artists Network and Creative Torbay.

Lynn Roberts

I’m an artist and art historian. My poetry has been published in Outposts, Envoi and Agenda, and online in The Shit Creek Review and Lighten Up Online. I’ve won and been placed in a number of competitions, including the 2009 Writers’ Week Poetry Collection, and have two published collections: Rosa Mundi and Pandora’s Book (both 2011). www.lynnroberts.co.uk/Poetry.html

Alexis Dimyan

I am a Bookseller and recently self-published my first collection of poems, Upon the Inward Eye. I have always loved poetry, would agree with Wordsworth’s definition that it is “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings”, love people, love walking, love kindness, often feel the need to write more if find the time and discipline. Very interested in haiku, like snapshots they are exquisite distillations of expression. www.facebook.com/alexisdimyan, www.dimyanbooks.co.uk

Phil Barrett

Originally trained as a visual artist, I took early retirement to focus on writing. I am currently leading poetry workshops in Libraries, Schools and elsewhere in North Norfolk. I’ve most recently won 1st Prize 2009 Barnet Open (Mario Petrucci) and joint 2nd Prize 2009 Ravenglass Competition (John Burnside), with poems published in the 2010 and 2011 Word Aid Anthologies Did I Tell You? and Not Only The Dark.

Fran Cole

Reading poetry always makes me feel humble. My family travelled extensively when I was young, and poetry has always helped to answer my questions about identity. After creative writing courses with the OU I’ve started to write down all the ideas that have been in my head since childhood. I’ve started on another journey that I don’t want to end. I enjoy the Stoke Stanza each month; they keep my feet on the ground.

Simon Jenner

My debut was in parallel English/German volumes: From Head to Foot; Player-Time. An S-E Arts Bursary and BBC commissions 1999-2003 preceded Royal Literary Fund grants in 2003/2006. I’ve been Director, Survivors’ Poetry since 2003; from 2008-10, RLF Fellow: at UEL, then Chichester. Waterloo volumes are About Bloody Time (2006), Wrong Evenings (2011). Pessoa (Perdika, 2009) was launched by Poet in the City – who appointed me to Hackney Council Archives. A third Waterloo title is forthcoming.

Greta Bellamacina

I am currently studying at Kings College London and my desire to write poetry has been an unwavering process throughout my life. I have just released my first poetry collection on Kindle called Kaleidoscope . I find inspiration in the unnoticed, drawing on the brief interlude between two strangers.My blog is called Words for Thought.

Nick Owen

I use poetry and pictures creatively with organisations like Mind, the mental health charity. I focus my work on helping people through major life changes, using words and images in albums, portraits or story books. I am the author of Telling It Like It Is, a book of fairytales in verse, and the soon to be published A journey through grief, in prose poetry and pictures. www.nickowenphotography.co.uk

Mary-Jane Newton

I was born in India and grew up in Germany. I'm the author of a collection of poetry, Of Symbols Misused (Proverse Hong Kong, 2011) and my work has been published in numerous literary journals and anthologies internationally. I am the Editorial Manager at Macmillan Publishers (China) Ltd and reside in Hong Kong with my husband and daughter. www.maryjanenewton.com/

Salvatore Ala

I was born in 1959 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. I’ve published three books of poetry: Clay of the Maker (Mosaic Press, 1998); Straight Razor and Other Poems (Biblioasis, 2004); and most recently, Lost Luggage (Biblioasis, 2011). My poems have appeared in journals and anthologies. Some of my poems have been translated into Italian, French and Spanish.

Bob George

I've been writing poetry for over 20 years now, mainly at times when I need to clear my mind. My recent poetry is different from that written by other poets, in that the latest series tell the story of the last 2 years of my life, which have been colourful to say the very least! Erotica, fantasy, dreams, hopes, despair & smiles. lifeafterpam.blogspot.com; wantupam.blogspot.com; www.facebook.com/j2elyrics; www.reverbnation.com/bobgeorgecollaborations

Carmina Masoliver

I am currently studying a Creative Entrepreneurship MA since completing a degree in English Literature at UEA. My poetry has been included in anthologies; Poetry Rivals Collection 2010 and Workshop: Undergraduate Creative Writing Anthology from UEA 2011. I recently self-published a small pamphlet and eBook on Lulu.com, of which I am looking for feedback for future publications. In the future I hope to secure a publisher and agent. I often perform my work in London and Norwich.
http://carminamasoliver.com/ ; www.facebook.com/CarminaPoetry

Robert Francis

I am a poet living in Leeds. I grew up in Stourbridge in The Black Country and Studied English Literature at Portsmouth University. My work explores urban dystopia, modern folk tales, monotony and the mundane. I'm inspired by Burroughs, Whitman, Rimbaud, TS Eliot and Blake. I've had work published in Inclement, Fire, Message in a Bottle, Decanto, Spokes, The Journal and Burning Houses. http://rmfrancis.webs.com/ ; www.myspace.com/riobard

Kaddy Benyon

Before having children I worked as a television scriptwriter for Hollyoaks and Grange Hill. My poems have appeared in various magazines including London Magazine, Ambit, the Frogmore Papers, Mslexia, Popshot and are forthcoming in Stand. Poems from my first collection, Milk Fever, have been shortlisted for the Picador Poetry Prize 2010, the Fish Poetry Prize 2010, the Cinnamon Poetry Award 2010 & 2011and the Crashaw Prize 2011. Twitter: @KaddyBenyon

Claire Trévien

I'm a Franco-British poet and have just published a pamphlet with Salt, Low-Tide Lottery, with a full collection coming out with Penned in the Margins in 2013. I'm the editor of Sabotage Reviews (http://sabotagereviews.com) and the Stanza rep for south Buckinghamshire. I regularly organize poetry events and collaborations. Follow me on twitter @ctrevien. http://clairetrevien.co.uk

Martin Esposito

I’m an Italian born bilingual professional whose personal and public persona revolves around the theme of double belonging and sense of loss. My poetry is usually harvested immediately on creation in oral form through recordings and other technical means, with the intent of returning this art expression to an oral dimension. Themes touch on open-ended explorations of the rapport between the human heart and big machines fusing elements of cyberpunk with snapshots of salience from the natural world. Twitter: bigcitymartin Facebook: Martin Esposito (bigcitymartin) www.hotelbigcitymartin.com

Shaun Traynor

I have published two collections of poetry and am the editor of the Poolbeg Book of Irish Poetry for Children. I have also published children's novels with Methuen and Poolbeg Press Dublin. My latest poem 'Shakespeare's Last Drink' has been published in pamphlet form and is available from shop at www.shauntraynor.co.uk. More recently I have self-published a religious work: 'Holy Week' available from Amazon as a download to iPad or iPhone.

Kim Dixon

Since moving to Fetlar, Shetland Islands in 2009 with my husband, I have time on my hands to write. I am a singer/songwriter, have won semi finalist positions for songs in the UK Songwriting Competiton 2010 and 2011 but then went to a local poetry meeting on Fetlar headed by poet Jen Hadfield. I haven’t looked back. I’m writing poetry everyday and really enjoying myself! I hope to publish eventually.

Jonathan Humble

My hobbies include itinerant beard growing and keeping the international coffee industry afloat with my patronage. My work includes “Postcards From Beyond The Looking Glass”, “The Musings Of A Mollusc” and “Determinism In The Kitchen On A Sunday Morning”. I apologise profusely for any offence caused to the poetry community through my misuse of the word 'poem'. http://northernjim.blogspot.com

Charles E S Fairey

I first started writing poetry in my early teens, and was encouraged throughout. My poetry has been published in magazines, the internet, and in anthologies. I have written over 300 poems on a variety of subjects. I am also a published local historian, enjoying writing books and articles. I visit many historic and mysterious locations across the UK, some like a personal pilgrimage, and write about those places in rhyme. https://sites.google.com/site/themysticmasque