Mike Barlow: a visual artist and poet living in Lancaster. Published in magazines and competition anthologies. First collection further off than Mars
Martin Bennett, born in Birmingham in 1952, spent time working in West Africa and the Middle East. 3 stories of his have been broadcast on BBC World Service while a book of poems - “Loose Watches” - was published by University of Salzburg Press
Loraine Blishen: married to a Dutch man and am owned by two cats. I teach flute and piano. I started writing poems last October when my father died. It’s as if something new has been given to me in the middle of grief
Ken Champion born in the East End, lives in Essex. Has been decorator, signwriter, graphic designer, now lectures in sociology. 60 or so poems published in 3 anthologies and magazines such as Envoi, The Rialto, Staple, Smiths Knoll
Martin Cook: made in India... National Service 2nd Lt. in Cyprus... tea planter... advertising executive... Bible salesman... pensions salesman... night watchman while writing a novel… manager of a day centre for physically disabled people... retired young two years ago - blame poetry - fell in love with a filly in a Chelsea coffee bar in 1960... had five colts and one filly. I consider that I am starting my career now and, given another ten years might start to write poetry
Mark Czanik grew up in Hereford and now lives in Bath. He was educated at Bretton Hall, Bath Spa University College and Glamorgan University. His poems have appeared widely in journals, and a first collection “Leaving Pixash” - is nearing completion
Penelopeanne Daigleish was born in Northampton in 1977 of mixed South African and East Anglian stock. She studied at St Andrews - her tutors included the poets Robert Crawford and Kathleen Jamie and where she met her husband John, whose generosity enables her to write full time. She has held residencies at Safeways and Northampton Rugby Club. Now living in Peterborough with two cats, she is a practising Pagan. <http://uk.geocities.com/mightypenelopeanne/> is her poetry website. Flarestack intend to publish her poem sequence “Sectioned” in 2002
Elaine Dunn: I first came to London as an art student, but twenty years later I’m beginning to think that that might be long enough for the time bring. My only regret would be leaving behind the garden that I created from scratch eight years ago. When not in the garden I spend a lot of time at the cinema. About five years ago I realised that I had neither enough money for materials to paint with, nor enough space to paint in, so I started to write poems instead
Julian Flanagan writes most of his poetry during cigarette breaks in the garden. Not quite 40 or quite bald, he is inspired by Gerard Manley Hopkins, Dennis Irwin and Anthony Burgess. Read politics at the LSE, is married with two daughters and works as a copywriter
A M Forster, born in Yorkshire but long resident in Scotland, is a freelance writer/creative writing teacher currently on a project encouraging children to respond imaginatively to industrial history. Flarestack pamphlet Dress Rehearsals launched in 2000 at the Scottish Poetry Library. Awarded Scottish Arts Council Writers Bursary in 1998
Chris Hardy has travelled all over the world and lives in London, teaches Humanities and plays in an R&B band in pubs. He writes poems to find things out, and is hoping to get a poetry collection published soon
Keith Lobban, retired after thirty years as a Police officer, began writing poetry two years ago, since when it has become a passion
Rennie Parker lives in Stamford, Lincoinshire. Her first collection “Secret Villages” (Flambard) and a booklet “Newborough County” (Shoestring) were published in 2001. She also writes criticism
Emma J Sanderson: I was born in Edinburgh and educated in North Wales at Howell’s school, Denbigh, North Wales, and Aberdeen University. I have been writing poetry since 1995, have had one collection published and have contributed to a fair number of magazines. My main influences are Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, Stevie Smith and Anne Sexton
Geoff Sawers: Born 1966. Art School in Reading, big splotchy paintings, earnt money loading warehouse crates, serving cocktails to richer fellow students at Ascot, Sea Turtle conservation worker in Greece and Sri Lanka, back in Reading painting, late nights love anguish ulcers, then 3 years as a postman in Somerset, first books published - history pamphlets and poetry. Now living in Swansea, wandering the beach a lot. A section of ‘Witchery’ appeared earlier this year in Pendragon
Chris Sewart: I started writing poetry six years ago to ward off the boredom of selling timber for a living. A stage play, produced in 1999, and numerous short stories have followed - but I keep coming back to poetry because it never fails to surprise me
Chris Taylor: for three years I have written poetry but started reading poetry at the age of 13 when I discovered Dylan Thomas. I write poems set in physical locations absent of other people and try to generate atmospheres within these settings. I don’t try to copy or emulate certain styles but just try to put words on paper whose expression I enjoy. Having lived in both Kent and Sussex I returned to Worcester ten years ago where I live with my wife, three children and Springier Spaniel
Pat Watson has written prose for many years - mainly non-fiction to commission - but poetry only recently. Her work has been published in several magazines, including Staple, Poetry Nottingham and The Magazine
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- Cannon's Mouth, The
- Chroma
- Coffee House, The
- Dream Catcher
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- Erbacce
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- Floating Bear, The
- French Literary Review, The
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- Interpreter's House, The
- Iota
- Journal, The
- Lamport Court
- London Magazine, The
- Magma
- Matchbox
- Matter
- Modern Poetry in Translation
- Monkey Kettle
- Moodswing
- Neon Highway
- New Welsh Review
- North, The
- Oasis
- Obsessed with pipework
- Orbis
- Oxford Poetry
- Painted, spoken
- Paper, The
- Pen Pusher Magazine
- Poetry Cornwall
- Poetry London
- Poetry London (1951)
- Poetry Nation
- Poetry Review, The
- Poetry Salzburg Review
- Poetry Scotland
- Poetry Wales
- Private Tutor
- Purple Patch
- Quarto
- Rain Dog
- Reach Poetry
- Review, The
- Rialto, The
- Second Aeon
- Seventh Quarry, The
- Shearsman
- Smiths Knoll
- Smoke
- South
- Staple
- Strange Faeces
- Tabla Book of New Verse, The
- Thumbscrew
- Tolling Elves
- Ugly Tree, The
- Weyfarers
- Wolf, The
- Yellow Crane, The