poems

2024

October Bridport Prize, 2 poems shortlisted, 3 longlisted

‘Psychology, or The Pram’, a short story, published in Katherine Mansfield and London (Edinburgh University Press)

May Mslexia Pamphlet Competition 2023, longlisted

March Finalist Mslexia Single Poem Competiton 2023

Poet of the Day, Aesthetica, January 22nd, Grasse, Provence

Spelt, issue 10, Evening Train

Amethyst Review, March, at night she slips out of her stone dress

2023

Aesthetica Creative Annual 2024, Grasse, Provence shortlisted, Aesthetica Creative Writing Award

Finished Creatures 7 (Edge), Winter 2023, Revolution

2022

Thresholds (Clayhanger Press) after you left, The Reflecting Pool, arguments against sun

Bridport Prize shortlist 3 poems

Live Canon Poetry Prize shortlist Labyrinth published in the Live Canon 2022 Anthology

Paper Swans Pamphlet Prize longlist, June

Fish Poetry Prize longlist, May

Interview for Bloomsbury Radio with Victoria Onofrei, May 29

Jubilee poem commissioned by Bloomsbury Radio Villanelle for a Queen

Rialto Nature and Place Poetry Prize longlist, April

Finished Creatures 6 (Pressure), Spring 2022, Fever

Lighthouse Journal #24 Spring 2022, Orchid

2021

Alchemy Spoon 4 (Body), House, after Gillian Carnegie

Alchemy Spoon 2 (Metal) The Dictionary Concurs

2020

Finished Creatures 4 (Stranger) Encounter

2019

Finished Creatures 1 (Airborne) Tiger in a Tropical Storm, after Rousseau

Invisible Zoos (Enitharmon Press) River, Lady Fern, Second Sight

Dragons of the Prime (Emma Press) Mr Iguanadon

2018

2018 Cinnamon Debut Collection Prize longlist

2017

Aesthetica Creative Writing Award shortlist: Antler Dreamer published in The Aesthetica Creative Annual 2017; first published in Between the Lines 2016 (City Lit)

Bridport Prize shortlist 4 poems

The Bailieborough Prize shortlist

2016

The London Magazine Poetry Prize shortlist The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2016 | Winners - The London Magazine

The Bailieborough Prize shortlist (2 poems)

Primers 2 (Nine Arches Press/Poetry School) longlist Primers Shortlist and Longlist Announced • Poetry School

Between the Lines 2016 (City Lit) Antler Dreamer

Some recent essays & reviews

essays

On two poems by John Donne and Edwin Muir, The Alchemy Spoon 10

The Glass Essay, Anne Carson The Alchemy Spoon 7

The Linen Industry, Michael Longley The Alchemy Spoon 1

April 2021 Integrity, Adrienne Rich The Alchemy Spoon 3

Apple Picking, Robert Frost The Alchemy Spoon 5

Heron, creative journal of the Katherine Mansfield Society: editorials, volumes 1, 2 & 3

reviews

The Wrong Person to Ask Marjorie Lofti The Alchemy Spoon 12

Trimming the Wick Laboni Islam, The Alchemy Spoon 12

Sensitive to Temperature Serena Alagappan, The Alchemy Spoon 11

Living with Other People Corrupted Poetry anthology, Tears in the Fence 78

Litanies Naush Sabah, The Alchemy Spoon

Paper Crusade Michelle Penn, The Alchemy Spoon

Key to the Highway Chris Hardy, The Alchemy Spoon

Vital Capacity Fiona Larkin, The Alchemy Spoon

Bloom Sarah Westcott, The Alchemy Spoon

The Sun is Open Gail McConnell, The Alchemy Spoon

KMS Birthday lecture review 2018 Mansfield & DH Lawrence

KMS Birthday lecture review 2012 A swallow’s flight – review as short story

Talking Art Review by Lesley Sharpe (kensingtongalleries.co.uk)