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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
For a full biography and to download my novel Hawk Island go to: http://www.electronpress.com/ (Note: Currently unavailable)
Poetry collection Beautiful Fish available from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08P1HLF3X?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
Great read, Mark. I like the
Posted on Tue, 03 Aug 2021
Great read, Mark. I like the way the idea of the power station encroaches on the characters' lives: ageing, violence, frustration, cancer. Very well done.
Read full commentPosted in Death of a Power Station
Enjoyed the read, Ross. And
Posted on Mon, 02 Aug 2021
Enjoyed the read, Ross. And you set us up for the finale - in a very roundabout way - with Terence Trent D'Arby!
Read full commentPosted in Focus on the lips
Yes, a fascinating period,
Posted on Fri, 30 Jul 2021
Yes, a fascinating period, the repercussions of which still shape the nation. I can highly recommend Maria McCann's novel 'As Meat Loves Salt'. Also Lindsay Davis's 'Rebels and Traitors.'
Read full commentPosted in Lord Strange Examines a Premonition of Bad Things to Come
Many thanks onemorething. A
Posted on Fri, 30 Jul 2021
Many thanks onemorething. A pamphlet - published by the wonderfully named Nathaniel Butter - from 1642 recounts the story of the Woolwich toadfish. Whether the wonderfully titled Lord Strange (James Stanley, 1607-1651) was dispatched into the mix...
Read full commentPosted in Lord Strange Examines a Premonition of Bad Things to Come
I enjoyed the anachronisms in
Posted on Fri, 30 Jul 2021
I enjoyed the anachronisms in this - Menelaus stocking up on feta and tiramisu for a speed-dating party made me laugh. Men fighting over women, the root of all Western Literature, as somebody once said. Great read.
Read full commentPosted in Notes by Menelaus on Helen’s Abduction
Magical & with an
Posted on Tue, 22 Jun 2021
Magical & with an undercurrent of menace, where 'each has a role to live,' I enjoyed walking through your imaginary woods Richard. All best wishes to you.
Read full commentPosted in Diaspora
Many thanks airy & eds for
Posted on Fri, 18 Jun 2021
Many thanks airy & eds for PoD. This poem was written a long time ago - way back in the mid 80s I think - & recently revised. Moral: Don't throw away unsatisfactory early drafts!
Read full commentPosted in A Feast of Bells
Great stuff Mark. Really
Posted on Fri, 04 Jun 2021
Great stuff Mark. Really enjoyed this.
Read full commentPosted in The Grizzling
I'm glad you didn't lurk in
Posted on Sun, 07 Mar 2021
I'm glad you didn't lurk in metaphor onemorething. Deceptively simple, your poem is a treasure of considered wisdom and emotion. Louise Gluck's later, intensely personal poems came to mind. Great writing!
Read full commentPosted in My Mother’s Name
A very well composed poem,
Posted on Sat, 07 Mar 2020
A very well composed poem, onemorething. I really like the way the poem gradually shifts its focus from external to internal damage and ends with an overt comparison. Very enjoyable!
Read full commentPosted in A Broken Pot’s Lament
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