The Present



			Recent work A concrete selection Some concrete poems, further to those newly published in The Reality Street Book of Sonnets (see www.realitystreet.co.uk) and onedit (issue12) Some songs To the Tune of Abandoned Love (and a performance of it on YouTube, 4 minutes in to the clip) Nowhere Without You Moments Arrived Sunsong Give Me My Own Agenda poems Some lyric poems were publisehd in the online edition of Agenda magazine (the supplement to the ‘Past Histories’ issue, available as a pdf from www.agendapoetry.co.uk) A page for William Blake Haiku print and settings of two of his Songs: ‘The Tyger’ and ‘The Little Black Boy’ Musical prose 61 Minutes : A Second Some notes on Bob Dylan’s Chronicles, Volume 1. Download as a pdf. There’s Hot Stuff Here and It’s Everywhere I Go A Young Person’s Introduction to Modern Times Bow Down to Her on Sunday Some thoughts on Dylan’s use of Tarot imagery and ‘To Ramona’ Steady Rollin’ Man: a revolutionary critique of Robert Johnson A brief essay about the famous bluesman’s records, a revised form of some ideas originally mooted in The Nightingale’s Code. We Walk the Line A Rambler’s Guide to the Dylans, Bob and Thomas Originally written as a lecture for the Dylan Thomas Celebration in Swansea. Download as a pdf. From ‘The Nightingale’s Code: a poetic study of Bob Dylan’ The Postscript, about Love and Theft. Download as a pdf file.
			Poems lullabytes (pdf) Second part of London Bride, a long poem from the Square Mile Poludnitsa In memory of Burhan Tufail Alfred to the Barmaid Inspired by The White Horse in Tetford, Lincolnshire Olivia Her garland Nude Ascending “She comes upstairs / by the light of a small blue vase…” ‘One gets the look’ The Promise A callipygian ode Ruby’s Song For the fair singer ‘The sonnetteers’ ‘The apple trees’ Vulcan to His Bronze With thanks The Parting Gift A Pantagrueline love-song Friendly Flesh Contains rude words Clutch For four fledglings Goats and Sheep A poem partly ovine but largely capric Swanage Bay A Purbeck ballad The Sea to Venus A plea For the Christening of Lewis Ryan Thompson		Ludslumber Midnight in the capital A Yellow Rose “which turns / the wrist of storms" White Spirit In memory of Burhan Tufail ‘They’re too well known’ View “which days of rain have washed / and wind have brushed and sun / brought more near” Sand of the Thames Winning poem in the competition for Southwark Poet of the Year 2005 Etruscan Nightingale In memory of N'Deaye (or Inday) Ba, 1972–2005 The Conversation of Graves A memory of the poet ‘Where I loved you before’ ‘The crowd was only a crowd’ Eros in Aluminium Desire takes aim on Pickadilla ‘The world is ours’ Twigs A mild winter and an early spring ‘A young sycamore’ The Centaur to Athene A close encounter Four Creatures The Hare, the Hind, the Hedgehog and the Vixen
			Lyrics: Moments Arrived A song for the new world order New Orleans of the Mind The Big Easy in full swing, right behind your eyes. To the Tune of Abandoned Love Have you seen the Lay for the Day?

Recent work

A concrete selection

Haiku print and settings of two of his Songs: ‘The Tyger’ and ‘The Little Black Boy’