Inheritance

You left us nothing but your everything You gave us nothing but your all no bank account, no savings, just … More

One Time at Camden Lock

1 / I watch the man in the crumpled white shirt take a swig from his can of Stella and … More

Sometimes, when consciousness was simply too painful for our sensitive souls, we would consume enough vodka, valium and zopiclone to … More

We live in peculiar times: we start a new ashtray in a plastic yoghurt pot instead of emptying the big … More

Excerpt from History of Present Complaint by HLR (Close to the Bone, 2021). To read more, get a copy … More

Everyone’s dead / all my family’s dead now / it’s just me. Last man standing but I feel like I’m … More

I don’t need you to kill any spiders. I can buy my own flowers. I prefer to sleep alone. I … More

I’m so pleased to have made an awesome new poet friend recently, Leia John of ‘Poems That Suck’ / @suckasspoetry … More

I’m delighted that poem #2 ‘Bones’ from my WIP (my second full-length prosetry collection Anatomy of a Disordered Personality) has … More

I’m delighted to announce that I am the winner of The Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition 2021! The competition is … More