Poems happen
sometimes they happen to me
My work has been appearing in magazines and anthologies for some thirty years. Below, you can read a few recently published poems and see a list of works published over the last few years or so.
Rewriting the Triads of the Island of Britain
Memorial, St. Baglan’s Church, Llanfaglan
Bedd Taliesin
Tales
Above Llanfairfechan
Because what is life without it
Home to the Hebrides
In a moment of absence
Afon Anafon
Hen Nain, Fairhaven, Betws-y-Coed
Boatyard
Lament
Tryst
When I met God on Lafan Sands
Wood
In the Shadow of the Great Strike of Penrhyn
Maeni Hirion, Penmaenmawr
Winter training
List of recently published poems
2024
When one has lived a long time, Ink Sweat & Tears.
2022
Above Llanfairfechan, PN Review, Volume 48, No.6.
Bedd Taliesin, PN Review, Volume 48, No.6.
Coastal Music, Christmas-Winter, Vol. 3, Black Bough Poetry.
In the shadow of The Great Strike of Penrhyn, Gwrthryfel / Uprising, Culture Matters.
Maeni Hirion, Penmaenmawr, Christmas-Winter, Vol.3, Black Bough Poetry.
Memorial, St. Baglan’s, Llanfaglan, PN Review, Volume 48, No.6.
Oh Road, A470: Poems for the Road / Cerddi’r Ffordd, Arachne Press.
Rewriting the Triads of the Island of Britain, PN Review, Volume 48, No.6.
Tales, PN Review, Volume 48, No.6.
2021
Afon Anafon, Future Places Environmental Essay and Poetry Prize Anthology.
Because what is life without it, Stand, Volume 18, No.4.
Bladderwrack, The Wombwell Rainbow.
Boatyard, Stand, Volume 18, No.4.
Hen Nain, Fairhaven, Betws y Coed, Stand, Volume 18, No.4.
In a moment of absence, Ink Sweat & Tears.
Lament, The Dawntreader, Issue 56.
Stroke, Stand, Volume 18, No.4.
Tryst, Ink Drinkers Poetry, Issue 3.
Winter training, Christmas / Winter Anthology, Volume 2, Black Bough Poetry
Wood, Response Response, Dreich.
2020
Home to the Hebrides, Ink Sweat & Tears.
Lest we forget, The Morning Star newspaper.
Morning, Christmas / Winter Anthology, Volume 2, Black Bough Poetry.
On Lafan Sands, Channel, Issue 3.
Self portrait with Windsor Chair, Dust, Issue 5.