Life

He graduated from University College, London with a BA in English, and University of London

University of London

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 with a M.Phil in 1970.
He was a lecturer Education in North Hertfordshire 1971 - 2006.
He is married with seven adult children and stepchildren, nine grandchildren and step-grandchildren.

His work appeared in The Times Literary Supplement, Oxford Poetry, The Spectator, London Magazine, Critical Survey, Poetry Review, Poetry Durham, Encounter, The Antigonish Review.

Awards

• 2008 Keats-Shelley Prize for Poetry
  Keats-Shelley Prize for Poetry
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• 2007 Times Literary Supplement Poetry Competition Prize for poem "At a provincial zoo"
• 2002 Library of Avalon Poetry Competition 1st prize for poem "Land Measures"
• 1996 Stand International Poetry Competition Prize for poem "Imagining Magdeburg"
• 1991 Arvon International Poetry Competition Prize for poem "Amber"
• 1981 Ver Poets Michael Johnson Memorial Poetry Competition 1st prize for poem "Anaglypta and Corydon"

Works

• Forty-Eight Gates (Dark Age Press, Autumn 2009)
• Imagining Magdeburg (Shoestring Press, 2007)
• Talk into the Late Evening (Peterloo, 1992), Poetry Book Society Recommendation 1992/3
• A Voyage Round the Moon (Peterloo, 1985)

External links

• "Author's website"