poem

2025

escher poetry · [α]

2024

antwerp (v) · (i) (ii) (iii) ·untitled

2023

escher poetry · [Y] · [ Z (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) ]

2022

escher poetry · [X]

2021

escher poetry · [ W (i) (ii) ]

2020

escher poetry · [Q] · [R] · [ S (i) (ii) ] · [ T (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) ] · [U] · [V] · on human conditions

2019

beijing distractions · E00; · E8C; · E09; · 8DB; · dog days · on hearing of the death of the grand duke’s dad

2018

chant of the tory brexiteers · escher poetry · [H] · [I] · [ J (i) (ii) (iii) ] · [K] · [ L (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) ] · [ M (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) ] · [N] · [ O (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) ] · [ P (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) ] · honey bee · [ G (ix) ]

2017

escher poetry · [E] · [F] · [G] · they don’t

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 · her to bound · going out hot light · 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] · [ ψ (i) (ii) ] · [ ω (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) · on aghast · sample · 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 · Keighley · 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