Featured poet

On Friday 4 April, I was delighted that my episode of Susan Richardson's 'A Thousand Shades of Green' podcast became live. It was available to listen to here. Susan chose seven of my recent poems to read aloud:

'The forest wants, we know this', first published by The Winged Moon

'Memento', first published by Atrium Poetry

'Day trip to the mountains', highly commended in the Cambrian Mountains Society poetry competition

On Saturday 29 March 2025 it was National Smoke and Mirrors Day, and Louise Longson invited me to be a feature poet at an online reading, as part of her 'Last Saturday' series on the theme of illusion, mystery, magic and all sorts of trickery. I shared three poems, on the slightly adjacent theme of women and nature, and inherent embodiment.

 It was a great night with fabulous poets such as JLMMorton, James McConchie, Jane Burn, Paul Atten Nash and others.

Ticket are now live for Cheltenham Poetry Festival in person events 7-17 May 2025.  I'll be reading at an online event, date coming soon.  Many thanks to Anna Saunders and team for the slot. 

Delighted to be supporting Paul at the online launch of his latest collection 'it's all come down to this', on Monday 2 December. Alan Parry, from The Broken Spine Press will be hosting the evening.

A joyous evening last night at Clwb Y Bont in Pontypridd - a mixture of poetry and music, and a few local ciders - including an impromptu collaboration between Ben on guitar, and Pete on his harmonica.  

Voices on the Bridge, run by Rob Cullen will be hosting a poetry night at Clwb y Bont in Pontypridd, on Thursday 20th July starting at 8pm.

I'll be reading alongside Mike Jenkins, Pete Akinwunmi, Sion Tomos Owen, Nick McGaughey, Mary Kaye, Leigh Manley, Ben Wildsmith & Rob Cullen.

Hope to see you there.

The super poet Karen Pierce Gonzalez from Folk Heart Press has invited me to be the featured poet a North Bay Poetics online session, talking about prose poetry, process, and I'll be reading a few poems too.  There is an open mic section and two fellow Welsh poets will be joining, Lesley James @feetpetite, and Kath Hill. Really looking forward to it. 

In a couple of weeks time, on Wednesday 14 June, starting at 7.30pm I will be headlining at the regular Murenger Poetry Night, in Newport. Hosted in a 19th Century pub, my 2x 20 minute sets will be followed by Open Mic sessions - sign ups available on the night. Its always a relaxed, friendly, poetry filled night. Thanks to Alan Roderick for the invite.

I was delighted to be invited by Taz Rahman to be interviewed for the 'Just Another Poet' video interview series, supported by The Books Council of Wales.

Link to my interview here, via youtube.

Taz is a generous and thoughtful interviewer - would highly recommend.

Many thanks to Matthew MC Smith, and Black Bough Poetry, for my Best of the Net nomination from the Silver Branch Project. My poem 'With my last exhale on this Earth' comes from my debut pamphlet, which is on submission at the moment.