What You Will See - Poetry (first published by Gatto 2006)

This collection of published poems charts a troubled England, uneasy with itself and its neighbours, and struggling for identity in the 1990s. It was first published at Gatto (2006).

Class Based Analysis (poem first published in Iota 51, Autumn 2000)

His explanation was That when his neighbour came to the door The man attacked him with a phone. So he defended himself With a karate chop— That was...

What You Will See

is Billy breaking out of his breeze block bunker With a bust of Bloodaxe. You’ll see the concrete Of his tenement crack to reveal corroded filigree...

…in 25 minutes (poem first published in Iota 54, Spring 2001)

It was the 25 minute cab ride into hell. The driver started with: You won’t remember me but I remember you well . And then proceeded to describe What...