D G Moody

I live in a village near Cambridge and close to St Ives where my wife and I (with our Spaniel) enjoy country walking. When we can get away it is to the coast or up north and to Scotland, where I find my ancestral roots. I have dual Aussie and British nationality, from when I lived in Oz; and I’ve been fortunate (when younger) to have travelled through Asia to Europe; I’ve also spent time in Canada and the USA.

I’ve worked for the Aussie and local British governments, now gladly retired. My inner journey has taken me via the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Quakers, a Buddhist Monk, Christian monasticism, then a Catholic, finally to end up at our local Anglican church; now I’m content to let the mystery be!

I’ve been writing poetry for more than thirty years, so there is hope for me yet. My influences are from the lyrical tradition with some attempt at metre and rhyme. I don’t compose anything quickly, preferring to slowly craft my lines, the result being my own style and not what I’d consider to be in the contemporary fashion. What skill I possess seems to be more in shorter poems.