Full of verve, wit, and incredibly funny
IFOR THOMAS
My new chapbook of poems The view from my shed is available from Dreich Chapbooks, September 2021. To buy, go directly to the friendly guys at Dreich.
Previous poems in Agenda, Poetry Wales, The Interpreter’s House, The Lonely Crowd and many others. I’ve been longlisted for the National Poetry Competition and placed in prizes including the Hungry Hill Poetry Prize and the Poets Meet Painters prize, both in Ireland. I’m a finalist in the John Tripp Award for Spoken Poetry and a UK National Poetry Slam finalist.
My collection of performance poems Loud music makes you driver faster is available now, published by Parthian.
Previous poems in Agenda, Poetry Wales, The Interpreter’s House, The Lonely Crowd and many others. I’ve been longlisted for the National Poetry Competition and placed in prizes including the Hungry Hill Poetry Prize and the Poets Meet Painters prize, both in Ireland. I’m a finalist in the John Tripp Award for Spoken Poetry and a UK National Poetry Slam finalist.
My collection of performance poems Loud music makes you driver faster is available now, published by Parthian.
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Surreal, playful and sometimes tender, these poems feature robot train inspectors, static caravans and Lionel Richie songs that didn’t chart. Along the way there are musings on fatherhood, travelling, falling in love and of course falling out of it. And if you’ve ever wondered what happens when Philip Larkin goes on holiday, or what a haiku about cleaning products looks like – read on. For a signed, numbered, dedicated copy click here. 64 pages, £9.99 including p&p (UK) It includes the Ballad for David Dimbleby, a poem written backwards and some previously undiscovered Shakespearian football results. Plus, train delays announced by a robot who wants to be a human, and the week in Bee Gee News. 'I chuckled several times. I also frowned as I realised none of these poems rhyme' JOHN SHUTTLEWORTH 'Like being tickled while watching an Alan Bennett play. A truly brilliant collection' CLARE FERGUSON-WALKER |
The Ballad of David Dimbleby Courtesy BBC The One Show.
'Football results' and 'Asteroid' Video (c) Nick Lovell
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