Poetry and songwriting are often said to go hand in hand, though that’s not the case with me. I approach the two as separate disciplines – my music is mainstream in comparison to my poetry.

Poets that influence me include Allen Ginsberg, Charles Bukowski, Leonard Cohen, Jeff Hilson, Peter Jaeger and William Carlos Williams. If it rhymes, I probably don’t like it – I prefer surrealist, ambiguous poetry or the darker, literal type that delves in to areas of existence that are (probably) better left alone.

Strings/Strands (Forlora)

Although I’m yet to publish my first collection of poetry, work is underway – I’ve published a large number of my poems on my Facebook Page, and even more are lurking in my archives. I’ve written the first 5,000 words of The Rabid Poetry Anthology (you can read my commercial proposal for the project in The Third Year), and I’m in the process of assembling a book of poetry, lyrics and short stories called Scarlet Sins.

Meanwhile, here are a few examples:

• Wax
• Superstition
• Lymph
• All Things Must Pass
• The Little Train
• how to speak dirt
• Beautiful Women
• Ode to Dead Poets (A Nonsense Poem)
• Electric Dreams