Breaking News:
2026
May: Edinburgh City of Literature have chosen one of my poems, 'Meadow Lane Riffs' to be put up in Edinburgh trams . I don't know the start date yet, but it will be up for 6 months.
May , 2026: Delighted that I have three poems published in the inaugural edition of 'Stoat' which promises to be an exciting new magazine edited by the poet Ingrid Leonard . The poems are : two inspired by Iceland 'Mountain Avens', 'A Library of Water', (on melting glacier water) and also a poem in two parts i) On Ice and ii) Pole of Cold.
6th Feb, 2026: my poem 'Playing by Heart' is commended in the Telegraph Poetry Competition, 2026.
October, 2026: advance news that my poem 'Stormcock' has been chosen by Maria Isakova Bennett to be published in issue 7 of her 'Coast to Coast to Coast' series. Delighted. I've always wanted to be in one of her hand-stitched beautiful books.
2025
Dec 1st, 2025. My poem '20th Wedding Anniversary' has been selected by Autumn Voices and is included in a digital anthology as part of a symposium organized by Strathclyde University on 'Getting On: Understanding & Writing Love In Later Life'.
Nov 18th, 2025 7-9pm, Reading at the Graveyard Shift poetry and music night in the Snug at the Athletic Arms (aka the Diggers), Dalry, Edinburgh.
Oct 23rd , 2025 6.30-7.30pm. My poem 'Leaving St Kilda' set to music for 4 voices by Fraser McDonald has another outing. This time sung by the Cathedral Choir at St Giles, Edinburgh as part of a choral evening celebrating the Auld Alliance. Free but donations requested.