About Me

About Me

Gardener, Writer

A former English teacher and bookseller, I now work as a self-employed gardener (National Certificate in Horticulture) and write poetry, plays and essays. My writing credits can be viewed here. I have had two poetry books and two poetry pamphlets published by various publishers. I was a co-translator of Alain-Fournier:Poems (Carcanet). I commissioned and edited Four American Poets (The High Window Press) and was a co-editor at The High Window (2016-2018). My essays can be read at the Fortnightly Review. I enjoy cycling, fell-running, sea swimming, dog-walking, jazz, travel, reading, horticulture and garden design.

26.8.17

Ex Nihilo

EX NIHILO


There is no such thing as nothing.
I prefer creatio ex materia to explain
the mercy of peace and wonderment
that punctuate our damned lives.


Those poor Judes, their artisan talents,
the pitfalls of class, the fostering of hope
Nietzsche felt the worst myth in the box.


I read Shelley in spring and need no-one.
In the wildlife garden I make wood piles
and know tonight the dung beetles
will navigate by the moon and stars


to clamber aboard the turd I've left them.
Sunbeams dancing on the stream by day,
dung beetles rolling around in shit at night.

AC

* Those poor Judes (the Obscures)

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