‘The Crab Apple Tree’ published Spring 1998 ‘Annie knew about souls, always had done from the first day at Sunday School. The souls of the dead were all around you. Your own was a sort of flat thing, wafer thin, lying along your spine, invisible inside you, under the skin and muscle. You could sometimes […]
‘Captive Flesh’ for William Hogarth’s ‘The Graham Children’ and ‘The Three Musicians’ for Pablo Picasso’s ‘The Three Musicians’ – commissioned – published by Hodder & Stoughton ISBN 0-340679875 Even better! These were commissioned poems. I was invited, along with famous poets such as U.A Fanthorpe, Gillian Clarke, Charles Causeley, to respond to a range of […]
‘The Angel Child’ – published by The New Writers’ Club Limited in the fourth selection of short stories from the 1995 Ian St James Awards ISBN 0967-0289 Great excitement when ‘The Angel Child’ was a runner up in this Award. A confirmation that I was an author. Originally intended to remain as such, a short […]
‘Looking Back’ for L.S. Lowry’s ‘A Fight’ and ‘Faux Pas’ for Atkinson Grimshaw’s ‘Liverpool Docks by Moonlight’ – chosen – published by Hodder & Stoughton – ISBN 0 340 61873 6 Studying for my PGCE at Southampton University to teach English, my tutor was Michael Benton. One of our tasks was to create a file […]