THE NEW LIVERPOOL POETS

I Have an MA in Writing Studies from Edge Hill University. My friends and I, who all belonged to the same cohort formed a group of poetry and prose writers who meet each month at Edge Hill; this group has now widened to include all who are interested in poetry and prose. I have had some poetry and a couple of short stories published in small magazines. Appended is a sample of my poetry; please contact me for any other information

Though it is so far so good

Undoubtedly

there is far worse to come

I’m bearing up

To the suffering quite nicely

Although it’s a bloody load to carry

I’ll do myself proud

But beneath the surface

There is some hard paddling to keep things going

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In the confusion

And the shock

It’s hard at first

To take anything in

I’m thinking to myself

I really shouldn’t be here

I’m being told something

About the pictures

Which are deeply disturbing

But also strikingly beautiful

There is a mass of information

To absorb

The voices merge

With the background noises of children

Laughing and playing in the sunshine outside