Kilb50
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The Poet's Ear, A Geisha's Revenge, and The Cake Factory Visit were published in Worcester Litfest's Flash Fiction anthology, 2022 (Black pear Press)
The Love Vaccine, The Not-So Green Man and Vampire Wedding in North Cornwall were published in Worcester Litfest's Flash Fiction anthology, 2021 (Black Pear Press).
Lilith and the Half-Cut Magician and Moon Mamas of the Silk River Nostoi were published in Worcester Litfest's Flash Fiction anthology, 2020 (Black Pear Press).
Cathedral Swans was published in Call & Response, an anthology of poems celebrating Worcester Cathedral (Black Pear Press 2020)
The Child We Can Never Have was published in Contour magazine, February 2018.
Billy Ulysses... was runner up in Abc's Poem of the Year award, 2014.
Spring was highly commended in the 2012 Larkin-East Riding poetry competition
The Ghost of Milton Friedman... won the 2012 Abc poetry competition
Nicolaus Copernicus... was published in Gold Dust Anthology, 2012
The Poet Laid Bare was published in The Big Issue, 2011
A Tea Box... was a prize-winner in the MIND poetry competition 2010
Leipzig was chosen for the 2005 Midland Arts Centre 'Short Cuts' readings & subsequently published in Gold Dust magazine, 2006
My novel Hawk Island was originally published by: http://www.electronpress.com/ (Note: Currently unavailable)
Print editions of my poetry collection Beautiful Fish available from Amazon; digital edition from Cerasus Poetry.
My historical novel, The Castle, is available from Amazon in hardback, paperback and Kindle editions.
Jane - I enjoyed this poem,
Posted on Thu, 11 Feb 2021
Jane - I enjoyed this poem, particularly the line 'Now we are detached/the energy is mine.' The ability to read or commune with nature seems to be key for the energy to shift. Enticing & intriguing! Very well done.
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A difficult story very well
Posted on Thu, 22 Jun 2023
A difficult story very well told. All best wishes to you jean.
Read full commentPosted in Is or Isn't Lena
Wondrous images of evolving
Posted on Tue, 21 Mar 2023
Wondrous images of evolving spring, Jenny - the dressing, blanketing, & Freya's mantling of the earth, all carried out with luminous care & attention. Very enjoyable!
Read full commentPosted in Awakening Of Spring
Best wishes to you Jean -
Posted on Wed, 08 Mar 2023
Best wishes to you Jean - hope everything goes well. And yes, I too laughed out loud at the male nurse!
Read full commentPosted in Bye bye baby breast
Thanks as always insert. And
Posted on Mon, 27 Feb 2023
Thanks as always insert. And yes, thumbs up for IP sideboard poetry!
Read full commentPosted in Triptych
Enjoyed reading about your
Posted on Sat, 25 Feb 2023
Enjoyed reading about your trek rhiannon. I walked the Malverns a couple of weeks ago, from the Beacon to British camp. There's a small cafe at the base of British camp where, amongst other treats, you can buy rock cakes. It's one of life's...
Read full commentPosted in Midsummer Hill, southern end of the Malverns
Thanks for reading & your
Posted on Sat, 04 Feb 2023
Thanks for reading & your comment dougie. Plato's cave was the inspiration for this poem, along with a buddhist wheel! All best wishes to you.
Read full commentPosted in The Wheel in the Cave
Hello Di - Yes, I finished it
Posted on Sat, 05 Nov 2022
Hello Di - Yes, I finished it, had a couple of rejections, but I'm hoping to publish it next year, either through an indie publisher or as a self publishing project.
Read full commentPosted in to a pear
I loved the Martian
Posted on Sat, 05 Nov 2022
I loved the Martian footballer's kneecaps...and I really must make an apple & pear crumble soon...your delicious poem Di has made me hot for pears!
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Some lovely lines and ideas
Posted on Wed, 08 Jun 2022
Some lovely lines and ideas here Jenny - Sealed petals tenderly chaste...the idea of magnetic grace...and passions determined by the rain and sun.
(I may well have to steal quintessence - what a charming word!)
Read full commentPosted in Love In The Mist
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