poetry

2016

escher poetry • [ A (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) ] • [B] • [C] • [D] • honey bee • [M] • [N] • water • brexit

2015

honey bee • [ I (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) ] • [J] • [ K (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) (x) (xi) (xii) (xiii) (xiv) (xv) ] • [ L (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) ]

2014

honey bee • [C] • [D] • [ E (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) ] • [F] • [ G (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) ] • [H] • kippers • (the provisional) X • [D] • [E] • [F] • [G] • water • untitled • untitled

2013

beijing tourist snaps • E00; • E8C; • E09; • 8DB; • E94; • ȄD; • E03; • ȄB; • E5D; • ᓝ • ᓝE00; • ᓝE8C; • ᓝE09; • ᓝ8DB; • ᓝE94; • ᓝȄD; • ᓝE03; • honey bee • [A] • [B] • (the provisional) X • [A] • [B] • [C]

2012

a fundamentalist treatise on the origin of species • plein • [Q] • [R] • [ S (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) ] • [ T (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) ] • [U] • [ V (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) ] • [ W (i) (ii) (iii) ] • [X] • [ Y (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) (x) ] • [Z]

2011

20 questions • (i) • (ii) • (iii) • (iv) • (v) • (vi) • (vii) • (viii) • (ix) • (x) • angst cycle (iii) • [d] • [ e (i) (ii) (iii) ] • [ f (i) (ii) (iii) ] • [ g (i) (ii) ] • [h] • [i] • [ j (i) (ii) (iii) ] • [ k (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) ] • angst cycle (iv) • (i) • (ii) • (iii) • (iv) • (v) • (vi) • glance • plein • [ A (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) ] • [ B (i) (ii) ] • [ C (i) (ii) ] • [D] • [ E (i) (ii) (iii) ] • [ F (i) (ii) ] • [ G (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) ] • [ H (i) (ii) ] • [I] • [ J (i) (ii) ] • [K] • [L] • [M] • [ N (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) ] • [O] • [P] • so rare so rare • swineshead (vi) • unheard • for her family to bound • going out to the hot light • we are all european now • the fact of the uncrossable • stuck to the ticker • was that the one • wild justice • (i) • (ii) • (iii) • (iv) • 4D1

2010

angst cycle (iii) • introduction • [A] • [B] • [C] • [ D (i) (ii) ] • [ E (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) ] • [ F (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) ] • [ G (i) (ii) (iii) ] • [ H (i) (ii) ] • [ I (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) (x) (xi) (xii) (xiii) (xiv) (xv) ] • [ J (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) ] • [K] • [ L (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) ] • [M] • [ N (i) (ii) (iii) (iii) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) (x) (xi) (xii) (xiii) (xiv) (xv) (xvi) ] • [ O (i) (ii) ] • [ P (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) ] • [Q] • [R] • [S] • [ T (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) (x) (xi) (xii) (xiii) (xiv) (xv) (xvi) (xvii) ] • [U] • [ V (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) ] • [ W (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) ] • [ X (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) ] • [ Y (i) (ii) ] • [ Z (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) (x) (xi) (xii) (xiii) (xiv) ] • [ α (i) (ii) ] • [ β (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) ] • [γ] • [ δ (i) (ii) (iii) ] • [ ε (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) ] • [ ζ (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) (x) (xi) (xii) (xiii) (xiv) (xv) (xvi) (xvii) (xviii) (xix) ] • [ η (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) ] • [ θ (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) ] • [ι] • [ κ (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) (x) ] • [λ] • [ μ (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) (x) ] • [ν] • [ ξ (i) (ii) (iii) ] • [ο] • [ π (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) ] • [ρ] • [ σ (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) (x) (xi) (xii) (xiii) ] • [ τ (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) ] • [ υ (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) ] • [φ] • [χ] • [ &psi (i) (ii) ] • [ &omega (i) (ii) (iii) ] • [ ƚ (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) (x) (xi) ] • [ ƛ (i) (ii) ] • [ Ɯ (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) (x) (xi) (xii) (xiii) (xiv) (xv) (xvi) (xvii) (xviii) ] • [ Ɲ (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) ] • [ ƞ (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) ] • [Ɵ] • [ Ơ (i) (ii) (iii) ] • [ơ] • [Ƣ] • [ƣ] • [ Ƥ (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) ] • [ƥ] • [ Ʀ (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) (x) (xi) ] • [ Ƨ (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) ] • [ ƨ (i) (ii) (iii) ] • [ Ʃ (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) ] • [ƪ] • [ ƫ (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) ] • [ Ƭ (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) ] • [ƭ] • [Ʈ] • [ Ư (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) ] • [ ư (i) (ii) (iii) ] • [Ʊ] • [Ʋ] • [ Ƴ (i) (ii) (iii) ] • [ ƴ (i) (ii) ] • [ Ƶ (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) ] • [ƶ] • [Ʒ] • [Ƹ] • [ ƹ (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) ] • [ ƺ (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) ] • [ƻ] • [ Ƽ (i) (ii) (iii) ] • [ ƽ (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) ] • [ƾ] • [ ƿ (i) (ii) (iii) ] • [ ǀ (i) (ii) ] • [ ǁ (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) ] • [ǂ] • [ǃ] • [ DŽ (i) (ii) (iii) ] • [Dž] • [ dž (i) (ii) ] • [LJ] • [Lj] • [ lj (i) (ii) (iii) ] • [NJ] • [ Nj (i) (ii) (iii) ] • [a] • [ b (i) (ii) ] • [ c (i) (ii) ] • big town blues (xiii) • hunting dog • not got the nous • broadstream radio talk • so i should • decide to build a block • big town blues (xiv) • it was the same old • promenade • musique sans musique • shocking douche fresh • wave the caterpillars high • sherbet • headache • rafia wind • big town blues (xv) • contrails • café noir français • the pseudo lives • six • a lighthouse in video • a girl praying • property • monochrome and wasp • big town blues (xvi) • an automatic descent • le soleil libre • a trawler • und liebden • gaten • news story with translation • rêve • break • big town blues (xvii) • sargasso • stamping • clatter • hier • des mondes • we poison we all poison • the face • café matin • big town blues (xviii) • had a bad night • contained by the wrong • jus de wu • cold air wet hair • mild hurt • come out into the cold sun • a large room • after the funeral • big town blues (xix) • it seems • the swag • rattus frankenstein • caffeine overlase • tiredness magnets • untouched • she speeds past • the wind • big town blues (xx) • come • low • common sounds • green on green • ugly • laugh • saint pancras • heading out • big town blues (xxi) • aftershock • drunk no drink engineer no djinn • five • skeletal march • brass band • the rasp • A-B-C • sixty seven • big town blues (xxii) • out • shortsighted • foul guilt (i) • foul guilt (ii) • parijs • college kid • cold day • moment • dublin election • (i) • (ii) • (iii) • (iv) • (v) • an engineering rush (iii) • (i) • (ii) • (iii) • an engineering rush (iv) • (i) • (ii) • (iii) • an engineering rush (v) • (i) • (ii) • (iii) • (iv) • (v) • (vi) • an engineering rush (vi) • (i) • (ii) • an engineering rush (vii) • (i) • (ii) • (iii) • (iv) • (v) • (vi) • (vii) • macclesfield too • macport • (i) • (ii) • (iii) • (iv) • slow life • an unimpressive meeting • the word the world • [ A (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) ] • [ B (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) ] • 3E7

2009

antwerp burble • armchair firefighting • (x) • (xi) • (xii) • big town blues (i) • that was this morning • my grey is a coat • bikini hotel • up the kriek • denk zul • small empire of life • lobby watch • that is you luxembourgers’ fault • big town blues (ii) • degraded stress • since the day is wasted • the conversatiee • veer horizon • pupate • sea picture • it’s process • the vibrate • big town blues (iii) • cross tension • at the delicious life • being the smog • leek & stilton • use of weapons • big city blues • smog coda • it’s in the write • big town blues (iv) • la voiture didn’t care • was habe ich • four years • exercised • small barrier • box tick • just a leak • le fin • big town blues (v) • 1983 • vingt cinq ans • e la fotocamera • the tailoring • summer blue • routemaster • the rigging • the house • big town blues (vi) • high stream • normally false • dead leaf brown • stone rush • distant band • as sid said • a warning shade • air a water bright • big town blues (vii) • just a slice • technology of choice • no not belief • our rounded city • honourable mrs council official • rain rain • drunks • chum like • big town blues (viii) • himbeeren • cat gut • objectivity’s a myth • burning • the competition • cast • no refreshment • coda • big town blues (ix) • darkening • köln • incident • image hunt • pinocchio’s nose • two old buddies • rich jacket • coda coda • big town blues (x) • shiva mary’s son • my beautiful turbulence • crashed this guy • slur belief • carried from the bar • measure their pond • shellsuited • above • big town blues (xi) • number number • —wenty t— • beloved • more • conflicted • and confer the same bad • remeasure their pond • do you wanna dance • big town blues (xii) • je vais la vie • airport • bucket • hail • low city of decline • morose • desolée • strangers’ pavement • big town blues (xiii) • kick le foot off • over the clouds • brushing the homeland • the breeze of breath • bright green the lights of the … • built • did you help • drowse the drawn like • the fame do the local • footsteps • the hand of taste • happened • i’d stood 30 mins • ierland is geen belgië • (iii) • (iv) • in politic • (i) • (ii) • (iii) • movie • on aghast • sore did • the positive pompous • the prevarication of flowers • skelet centraal • sneak like the • than the sun rises • tomorrow tonight • water • the brick the brick the pattern brick • who’s the heron • 2B2

2008

21^st century mechanical • 95 • all hands • (i) • (ii) • (iii) • angst cycle (ii) • beer & poetry • white the train • i am the air • not ten • such fur to stroke • no • cliché • i am hit • it’s not an alien axe • i’ve seen denied • if i pounce these • so • tail up • argument, after • armchair firefighting • (i) • (ii) • (iii) • (iv) • (v) • (vi) • (vii) • (viii) • (ix) • (x) • (xi) • (xii) • burton • la chanson du singe • citroën ds • collective nouns • (i) • (ii) • cramps • dog & sand • dog sample daze • Empty land • een engelsman in ierland • europe • excuse me • (fallen) • fallons • finse • (i) • (ii) • (iii) • (iv) • (v) • (vi) • gwynedd on • ierland is geen belgië • (i) • (ii) • ignoring the … • intention and the window glass • lege land • looking the jungle foliage • mechelen • shine • my father was a ufo • no pit is not no clay • small lives • you just don’t expect • the dead cat blues • meet the kitties • stole • succes • talen • talking beer • watch the water • waterford fronts • weekend • wing mirror

2007

and then there’s the mediocre mouths • Animal Magnetism • autumn • bremen • (i) • (ii) • (iii) • (iv) • dragons • fora • generational • Higg’s Boson • ICE • instead of Shakespeare • mechelen • sound • scene • restaurant wall • satoriial • Sprache • swan • ten

2006

1.1.6 • advocate • antwerp (ii) • schelde foot tunnel • tram lines • new city • so many bars • talking poetry • for pete’s sake • antwerp (iii) • antwerp (iv) • 1 • 2 • beans • bug cracked • C++ • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • cathedral level court caught • the deep crash remains • demo • dye–de–ho • if she dresses • –ine • luxembourg • (i) • (ii) • mechelen • shoot • paper • the daily mail • the daily express • the sun • the times • the daily telegraph • the guardian • the independent • player • 1 • 2 • 3 • this ‘bright’ life •

2005

5.5.5 • 7 • ak • na • co • qi • 2 • ux • afterword • antwerp (i) • 0 • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • balance still accelerando • & beer & • broken the night across • chuff or that’s why the fragging counterstrike • church is dangerous vital • clip monopoly • confidence began • dim him an ignore • drawn • e • from Sappho • Galveston tonight • grand • lines stride yellow • Little Willie (recast) • Lord Protector • (i) • (ii) • movie stamp & splash akin • peered • toll rain tell • puzzle so • red • tension nitro ego • upset • Why The Black Background? • you beautiful cascade

2004

A14 • the A rush • r (ii) • r (i) • o • h • e • d • c • a • angle • christmas card poem • The Clarion • Papers • bigot reinforcement • cold pity • an engineering rush (ii) • jumbo crash • time • defect • less • immensities • paper • rewind • light • here • quanta • humanic • the A rush • english garden • entangled • Epigrams • On Fear • On Politics • fifty year guess • final tv big • flock state • echo echo • create new killer our fear • strike pale • epigram on the USA • kinder • military • fifth say • victory impossible • and on the ninth day… • oh there • food studio • i’m a gorgonzola • in the name of • look rich apple grows • lou reed • rile • seeking integrity • tin rush • po • ba • fi • vo • pp • ti • fu • ni • ag • av • ee • hu • ei • xu • To Let Too • uncivil law • 53 • watch the desire of love to exist • the washer machine broke • Water • Cold War • We Drunken Here

2003

8.11.3 • a then • bacon • be infinity • Before The Bush War • The Cause Of War • The Clarion • little diddems • Scared Of Spiders • core • dead write • discard • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • Dog Sound • early winter rose • easter sunday • england corrupted • Epigrams • On San Francisco • On The West • fuddle • Fugues • More Fugues • Pop Fugues • garden  • ghost  • glist • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • her ran • i am perfect its the universes fault • intelligence still booting • Instructions For A Common Ceremony • Namings • America  • Bedford • Cambridge • Catford • Keighly • Manchester • Milton Keynes • Norfolk • Sandy • nation six dog • northumberland  • oh dear what a pity there there • On The Sonnet • Poetry • pah! • early a • Reply • remembering the das • server room • scratby • shrines • still biting • To Let • uncivil law • introduction • bailiff • criminal • smirk • wrong • when the morons declared war • when the trains first came • workahol

2002

bathroom spider • chase chase • The Clarion • lord pisswater’s clarion • beer and pindar • damn the clarion • China Poem • Don’t • Demon Internet • Epigrams • On Al–Qaida • On Islam • On Science • On The USA • an engineering rush (i) • new scientist • a song so dire • the argument • another bitch • homework • hymnen • recreated arts • the game • oh gods • rushed off • unanswering • Fenland Sketches • 4 • Fugues • Fugues • gentle • green • harvest • A Horrible Day • On Hunting With Hounds • i’d prefer to remember summer • In Me; Shiva • Intruder Alert • The Joy Of Tax • later • … a much for we … • old man Keats • Poetry • push pop • select • techno • what • Copyleft • Regrow • Manifesto • Father • Son • Program • Sharp • sod the world • Software Engineering • 1 • 2 • 3 • Sweet And Stupid • the three monks • uncivil law • centuries • unjustice • complexity • money • flame • magistrates • age • invention • scotland • democracy • consent • piano • parliament • citizen • bones • health • maid • blackbox • fear • Underneath The Loch • We, The Fell

2001

… And Then I’ll Break The Sea • Elsewhen • Hence The Coldness • in cynic adverati • Little Willie • A London • My Difficulty With Melancholy • New Year’s Eves • Scorpion • The Poet Illustrates… • There’s Money In Mechanics • Thoughts On Odes To Nightingales • A Simple Fantasy • Tobacco’s Such A Treat • Vanilla • Water • The Anger Of Water • Three Flawed • Viaduct • The Mere Of Ice

2000

A Bicycle Criticises Concorde For Not Observing Butterflies • At Buckfast Abbey • Damage • An Eighteenth Century Beam Engine • Fear In Flight, God • 1 • 2 • I Don’t Visit My Mother’s Grave • It’s My Hands • Just Protectionism? • Neil Armstrong Is My Explorer Of The Millennium • The Queen Of Santa Fe • What Do Lemmings Eat

1999

Bright • Chance Is Such A Scornful God • Don’t Understand • Driving The Trees • Exercises (From A Cley Weekend) • Riddle • Why I Prefer Schoenberg • (Untitled) • Family Photo Album • A Fenland Poet’s Advice • Her Catching Eyes • Home Town • I Saw A Sleek Seduction • Lost Sanctuary • An Ode To My Ego • An Ode To The A14 • Old Funeral Music • On Saying No • Slough, Pronounced In French, Is “Slug” • Swoop • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • Tring • A Village, Old Families • Introduction • Ceremony • Inn • A Well–Kept Pint Of Burton

1998

Accelerating Is Language English • Dedication • Expanding Horizons • Fenland Sketches • 1 • 2 • 3 • Grey • Marketing Honour, Poetry Quality • Obligatory Cat Poem • On Being A Nerd • Starr From The Outside • The Trumpet Blown

1997

Am Lemming • Doris’s Day Out • The Pub Quiz League

1991

Beer And Conversation • It Must Be Christmas • Of Caroline

1990

Fivers Wander Down The Street • Leicester Station • A Moment Of Pizza • Moon Shadowed Walk • Rose • Sunlit Gloom • Working For…

1989

Dear Paul • Guinness • Hymnen • [notes] • Technical Note • If • Teaser • Machine Solo α • Converse • Man Solo • Machine Solo β • ici, pour les enfants • In Another Conversation • Inmos • Limericks And Corks • Introduction • There Was A Young Lady From Venus • A Newspaper Editor Said • I’m Sitting Upon This ’Ere Train • ’twas Ten Years Ago To This Day • There Once Was A Cat And A Dog • Look Back To The Romany Times • There Was A Young Man In A Bed • There Once Was A Bureaucrat • There Was A Young Man From Nantucket • There Once Was A Monday On Tuesday • It Wasn’t What I Really Expected • Assam • Listener • Nobel • Nursery Verse For Nursery Heads • Paris • Week

1988

But It’s For The Children … • Cavity Wall Insulation • Chopin And The Chilli Wars • clifton • Every Second, To Everyone • Memories Of Shadows, Words • Soap • Scenes From A Blackpool Conference • Dog Sea • After Eighteen Months • After Silent Years • Exhausted • Spreading Strands • Touching Each Desire With Happy Jokes • Wake Up, Wake Up, Oh Slippery Snake • Why Am I In Politics, You Ask (A Drunken Rant)

1987

Angst Cycle (i) • The Door • Father • I’ve Always Had Steep Mountains • Why Is England So Full Of Fools  • (Untitled) • So I Dream • Letter • …Bob Geldof • Cheese And Onion Sandwiches • Copenhagen • Debugging • Five Days • Is It Coffee In The Blood • Laughter Rose Above My Tired Desire • Leicester Square • M6 • Manifesto • North Of Kylesku • Plumstead Station By Electric Light • Rock (Of The Early Eight) Is • Six Months Ago • “Smoke Filled Rooms” • These Words, They Were Not Said • The Old Witch • Thirty Hours Near The Western Isles • Too Fast To Stop • You Know

1986

Angst Cycle (i) • Watford Gap • Box Number • Darmstadt • November Rain