Published Poems

POEMS ARE LISTED WITH THEIR ACCEPTANCE DATE

DECEMBER 2024

21/12 Ravens & Magpies – Mugwort Magazine

NOVEMBER 2024

15/11 Chocolate Snowman – Dodging the Rain

OCTOBER 2024

8/10 On Track – The Fig Tree

JULY 2024

4/7/24 The Smokers – Morphrog

JUNE 2024

29/6/24 Wilderness – The Galway Review

29/6/24 Bindweed – The Galway Review

29/6/24 Security – The Galway Review

29/6/24 Obsessive Compulsive – The Galway Review

APRIL 2024

21/4/24 Blitz Years – Pulsar Poetry

13/4/24 Dressing Table – Black Nore Review

5/4/24 Silent Order – Fragmented Voices

5/4/24 Isolation – Fragmented Voices

MARCH 2024

27/3/24 Early Morning – Flights

27/3/24 Reference Points – Flights

23/3/24 Dogs of Unye – The High Window

23/3/24 Pebble Paths – THW

23/3/24 Millau – THW

23/3/24 Above Ground, Unforgotten – THW

22/3/24 Georgian Graffiti – Culture Matters

DECEMBER 2023

23/12/23 Besotted – London Grip

NOVEMBER 2023

20/11/23 The Path – StepAway Magazine

15/11/23 First Autumn – Dream Catcher

15/11/23 Student Flat – Dream Catcher

OCTOBER 2023

10/10/23 Worlds Apart – Culture Matters

9/10/23 Night Ritual – Littoral Magazine

9/10/23 The Bee Keeper – Littoral Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2023

2/9/23 Angelic – Yellow Mama Webzine

2/9/23 Robophobe – Yellow Mama Webzine

2/9/23 Worry Beads – Yellow Mama Webzine

JULY 2023

10/7/23 Dennis in Uganda – Chester Poets Anthology

10/7/23 Le Jardin Botanique – Chester Poets Anthology

JUNE 2023

30/6/23 Microcosm – The Cannon’s Mouth

MAY 2023

31/5/23 Canal Song – Flights

31/5/23 Me and the Demons – Flights

31/5/23 Progress – Flights

6/5/23 Celebrity – Pulsar Poetry

MARCH 2023

23/3/23 At the Gym – Black Nore Review

23/3/23 Poem for Rodos – Black Nore Review

JANUARY 2023

29/1/23 Living Pieces – London Grip

DECEMBER 2022

1/12/22 Finding Terrassa – StepAway Magazine

NOVEMBER 2022

22/11/22 Lost Terrain – Dear Reader

22/11/22 Tinderbox – Dear Reader

21/11/22 Street Fishing – The High Window

21/11/22 Virtuoso – The High Window

9/11/22 Control – Dream Catcher

7/11/22 Absolution – Amethyst Review

1/11/22 Liminal – Dreich

1/11/22 Madman – Dreich

1/11/22 Gatekeepers – Dreich

1/11/22 Ormskirk in the Rain – Dreich

1/11/22 Pocket Diary – Dreich

OCTOBER 2022

15/10/22 Casanova – Pulsar Poetry

SEPTEMBER 2022

27/9/22 Life with a View – Foxglove Journal

14/9/22 Militant – Culture Matters

14/9/22 Biscuit Factory – Culture Matters

AUGUST 2022

27/8/22 The Tyrant – The Bosphorus Review

23/8/22 High Summer – Flights e-Journal

23/8/22 Doves – Flights e-Journal

23/8/22 Return Visit – Flights e-Journal

JUNE 2022

30/6/22 Remembering Athens – The Eunoia Review

MARCH 2022

9/3/22 Distant World – Pennine Platform

FEBRUARY 2022

3/2/22 The Visitor – Runcible Spoon

1/2/22 Brainless – LUPO

1/2/22 Evening Train – LUPO

DECEMBER 2021

31/12/21 The Urinating Dog – Snakeskin

6/12/21 A Quality Guy (story) – Yellow Mama Webzine

NOVEMBER 2021

18/11/21 Christiania – StepAway Magazine

OCTOBER 2021

9/10/21 Seagulls – Abergavenny Small Press

SEPTEMBER 2021

21/9/21 Beggars of the South – The High Window

21/9/21 La Feria 1984 – The High Window

21/9/21 No Trace – The High Window

21/9/21 Maize Fields – The High Window

6/9/21 Biscuit Factory – Chester Poets Anthology

6/9/21 Still Smiling – Chester Poets Anthology

6/9/21 Steam Bath – Chester Poets Anthology

AUGUST 2021

30/8/21 Endless Travel – Hobo Camp Review

MAY 2021

11/5/21 Four Bottles – Dear Reader Poetry

APRIL 2021

27/4/21 Birdsong – Dreich

27/4/21 Winter Light – Dreich

27/4/21 Liverpool 1946 – Dreich

27/4/21 Late Sun – Dreich

27/4/21 Masquerade – Dreich

24/4/21 Marine – Dream Catcher

6/4/21 Welfare State – Runcible Spoon

6/4/21 Rasputin Hair – Runcible Spoon

6/4/21 Sleeping Rough – Runcible Spoon

2/4/21 Screensaver – Amethyst Review

MARCH 2021

3/3/21 All the Lost Loves – Heroin Love Songs

FEBRUARY 2021

21/2/21 Fairport on a Portable – RAR

21/2/21 Some Rather Snazzy Pyjamas – RAR

14/2/21 Love Poem – Up Magazine

6/2/21 The Algerian Girls Play Chess – LUPO

1/2/21 The Company of Birds – London Grip

JANUARY 2021

21/1/21 Beached – Trouvaille Review

15/1/21 Mexican Soaps – The Brown Envelope

15/1/21 Home Town – The Brown Envelope

DECEMBER 2020

16/12/20 Partisan – The Cabinet of Heed

NOVEMBER 2020

20/11/20 November Meeting – Smoke Magazine

October 2020

16/10/20 Market Day – Poetry & Covid

16/10/20 Early Spring – Poetry & Covid

10/10/20 Love Poem – Praxis Magazine

10/10/20 Ullet Road – Praxis Magazine

10/10/20 Don’t Go – Praxis Magazine

10/10/20 Tax Evasion – Praxis Magazine

5/10/20 Dawn till Dusk – Lamplit Underground

5/10/20 Escape – Zingara Poetry Review

September 2020

28/9/20 Canal du Midi – The High Window

28/9/20 Unearthed – The High Window

28/9/20 The Lonely Hours – The High Window

24/9/20 Abandoned Houses – Yellow Mama

24/9/20 The Life That Lives on Man – Yellow Mama

24/9/20 Pet Shop Story – Yellow Mama

August 2020

26/8/20 Possession – The Horror Zine

26/8/20 Giving up the Ghost – The Horror Zine

26/8/20 Homunculus – The Horror Zine

26/8/20 Engineer – Rat’s Ass Review

21/8/20 Flannel White – Pulsar Poetry

3/8/20 The Words – One Hand Clapping

July 2020

5/7/20 The Dunes – The Lake

5/7/20 Time Travel – The Lake

June 2020

29/6/20 Education – Dear Reader Poetry

26/6/20 Playing Soldiers – Kissing Dynamite

16/6/20 Night Ritual – The Eunoia Review

May 2020

28/5/20 Cathedral – Amethyst Review

21/5/20 The Sociologist – Dreich Magazine

21/5/20 Like Detectives – Dreich Magazine

21/5/20 Behind the Wheel – Dreich magazine

3/5/20 Frisco to the Mersey – Fringe Poetry

3/5/20 Schooldays 1975 – Fringe Poetry

3/5/20 Distant Harbours – Fringe Poetry

April 2020

27/4/20 Promise – London Grip Magazine

24/4/20 African Rice – Zingara Poetry Review.

March 2020

23/3/20 Heading East – The Cabinet of Heed

3/3/20 Bowling Reunion – Pulsar Poetry Webzine

3/3/20 No longer Free – Pulsar Poetry Webzine

February 2020

19/2/20 On Philopappos Hill – The Blue Nib

19/2/20 Back to the Greenhouse – The Blue Nib

15/2/20 The Canal – The Cannon’s Mouth

15/2/20 Strawberry Time – The Cannon’s Mouth

15/2/20 Refugees – The Cannon’s Mouth

15/2/20 Late Summer – The Cannon’s Mouth

13/2/20 Transition – The Beach Hut

January 2020

20/1/20 La Concha – Hobo Camp Review

7/1/20 Time Out – The Eunoia Review

7/1/20 Barcelona Rain – The Eunoia Review

December 2019

5/12/19 Bacardi Tail-Lights Machine gun Goodbye – Yellow Mama Webzine

5/12/19 Once Every Four Years – Yellow Mama Webzine

5/12/19 Flaxen Hair – Yellow Mama Webzine

October 2019

12/10/19 Vingt Cinq – Orbis Journal

12/10/19 Pension Malda – Orbis Journal

10/10/19 Lost Hours – Marble Poetry

8/10/19 The Mistake – Peeking Cat Poetry

2/10/19 Infinite Time – Poesis Magazine

2/10/19 Watershed – Poesis Magazine

2/10/19 On Ikaria – Poesis Magazine

2/10/19 East – Poesis Magazine

September 2019

16/9/19 Romance in a Sandstone Town – Rat’s Ass Review

16/9/19 Bamboo Table – Rat’s Ass Review

10/9/19 Those Ghosts – The Cabinet of Heed

August 2019

30/8/19 Miracle – Scarlet Leaf Review

30/8/19 How She Passed the Time – Scarlet Leaf Review

30/8/19 Montcada I Reixac – Scarlet Leaf Review

27/8/19 Kamchatka Trails – Lamplit Underground

21/8/19 Shades of Smyrna – Vox Poetica

July 2019

26/7/19 The Sin – Nine Muses Poetry

26/7/19 Island Candles – Nine Muses Poetry

23/7/19 Immigrant Girl – Poetry Salzburg Review

22/7/19 Treasure Islands – Runcible Spoon

19/7/19 Burley Lodge Road – South Bank Poetry

19/7/19 Beer and Roses – South Bank Poetry

16/7/19 Final Phase – Pulsar Poetry Webzine.

June 2019

11/6/19 Stone Baguette – French Literary Review

11/6/19 Passing Through Perpignan – French Literary Review

May 2019

31/5/19 Map Gazing – Atrium

19/5/19 Involved in Switzerland – Ghost City Review

April 2019

26/4/19 Overspill – Sarasvati

26/4/19 In Search of a Subject – Sarasvati

26/4/19 Landfill – Sarasvati

26/4/19 True Perspective – Sarasvati

26/4/19 Keith Fordyce and a Photo of my Parents – Sarasvati

March 2019

29/3/19 Dangerous Bird – The Horror Zine

29/3/19 Spider – The Horror Zine

29/3/19 Unacceptable Behaviour – The Horror Zine

9/3/19 The Losers (story) – Yellow Mama Webzine

February 2019

27/2/19 Born Again – Dear Reader Poetry

January 2019

23/1/19 The Asylum (Duplicity) – Envoi magazine

14/1/19 Dobro – Poesis Magazine

14/1/19 Queen of the Night – Poesis Magazine

14/1/19 On Life – Poesis Magazine

December 2018

5/12/18 On Watermelon Street (story) – The Metaworker

October 2018

2/10/18 Deserter – Poesis Magazine

2/10/18 Living Pieces – Poesis Magazine

2/10/18 Condition – Poesis Magazine

1/10/18 Boxes – Pulsar Poetry

September 2018

29/9/18 Survival – Picaroon Poetry

28/9/18 The Dogs of Athens – StepAway Magazine

25/9/18 Poem for Rodos – The High Window

August 2018

9/8/18 Aquarium – The Blue Nib

9/8/18 Death of a Bar – The Blue Nib

9/8/18 Nigerian Villages – The Blue Nib

9/8/18 The Drinker and the Statue – The Blue Nib

9/8/18 Open Road – The Blue Nib

July 2018

10/7/18 Trap – Ink Sweat & Tears

June 2018

12/6/18 Class Struggle – Militant Thistles

12/6/18 Corporate Hospitality – Militant Thistles

12/6/18 Worlds Apart – Militant Thistles

12/6/18 Flood Risk – Militant Thistles

December 2017

29/12/17 Porches of Suburbia – The Open Mouse

23/12/17 Resistance – Message in a Bottle

13/12/17 Grandma’s House – Allegro Poetry

September 2017

17/9/17 Burger Queen – Rat’s Ass Review

August 2017

19/8/17 Air in the Morning – Black Market Re-view

19/8/17 Twilight – Black Market Re-view

19/8/17 Phantoms – Black Market Re-view

July 2017

7/7/17 Bent Over Geography – Atrium Poetry

1/7/17 Biscuit Factory – Algebra of Owls

June 2017

29/6/17 Barrio Santiago – Dreamcatcher

May 2017

14/5/17 Adipose Harry – Prole Magazine

December 2016

21/12/16 Salamander – French Literary Review

21/12/16 The Girl From Gallieni – French Literary Review

October 2016

19/10/16 Unknown Territory – The Frogmore Papers

17/10/16 The Living Dead (story) – The Metaworker

August 2016

11/8/16 Reality has no Plot (story) – Under the Fable

May 2016

30/5/16 When we were Occultists – Ink Sweat & Tears

July 2014

15/7/16 History Lesson – The Frogmore Papers

December 2013

12/12/13 Chances to Leave – Orbis Journal

12/12/13 Nobody Talks (story) Orbis Journal

February 2013

26/2/13 Festival Preparations – Obsessed with Pipework

October 2012

10/9/12 Eye Hospital – Barcelona Ink

July 2012

25/7/12 Part of the Course – The Waterhouse Review

February 2012

12/2/12 Pyramids – The Delinquent

2/2/12 The Madman of Mancau (story) – Barcelona Ink

September 2011

13/9/11 Nigerian Underpants – The Delinquent

13/9/11 What Can We Do About it? – The Delinquent

May 2011

18/5/11 The Statue – The French Literary Review

March 2011

23/3/11 Down in the Chino (story) – Barcelona Ink