Poet and short story writer.
Lives in Belfast.
This is a small sample of early poetry from two published books.
Acknowledgements:
Thanks to the editors of the following journals and anthologies where some of my poems and short stories have been published.
A New Belfast Poetry Map, A New Ulster, Boyne Berries, Crannog, Open Mouse, Shift Magazine, The Incubator, THE SHOp, the Desmond O'Grady Poetry Competition and the Poetry Institute of the British Isles.
the Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast.
The Irish Writers Centre in Dublin and No Alibis book store in Belfast for hosting my book launch.
Huge gratitude to my publisher, Lapwing Publications, Belfast.
www.freewebs.com/lapwingpoetry
War and Want, Lapwing Publications,2011
Streets of Belfast, Lapwing Publications,2012
That of God in every man, can you see it?
Pull back the yellow stained curtains;
chisel out the crusted mess from your eyes
...
My hand to the rail now, grip it tight
in the dying minutes of Old Year's Night
I'll think of the future, think of the past...
hold those thoughts, nailed to the mast
...
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Yesterday rain tumbled down on Belfast,
by mid evening the house brick was damp-dark,
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