What do I do? I write poems and prose for adults and children. I love it. I read and perform and work in schools, colleges, festivals, arts centres, in this country and abroad. I write serious stuff and funny stuff.

I’ve set a World Record (unofficial) performing in 50 venues in 5 hours on a tandem.

I run the Poetry Jukebox and the Fanti-Elastical Zing-Zong Poetry Imagination Machine (with Jonny White).

Previous jobs: shoe-shine boy, postman, sculptor’s assistant, builder, gardener.


Ambitions: world peace, join Plane Stupid, eat good food, and carry on swimming in rivers and lakes.