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Album and Tour Dates Released - Words w/ Friends Vol.3 is officially out. Click here to access my solo track along with my collaboration with Imogen Stirling. I am super pleased with how the album sounds and feedback so far has been very positive. We will be touring the album throughout July and the dates and poster can be seen below. …
Words With Friends Vol.3 - At the start of the year, I answered a call for submissions to join Billy Pilgrim and his ragtag collection of poets on the third volume of his successful Words With Friends projects. Following a series of phone interviews with Billy Pilgrim and The Heartsease Kid I was asked to join the project and I …
“Wander” Short Poetry Film released. - “Wander” is a poem based on the Lowkey Films short film of the same name. Directed by Conor O’Hara, the film follows the life of a lone survivor on earth after an alien attack leaves behind nothing but rotting carcasses and barren wasteland. The poem captures the essence of the story and Lowkey Films have …
11 Beautiful Examples of Poetry in Music - The best songwriters have an amazing gift, to work beautiful profound messages in to their music and create songs that resonate with audiences for decades. This list counts down 11 times musicians wrote truly poetic words and worked them in to their music. These are all artists and songs I really admire. Let me know …
13 Reasons Why. Analysing Hannah’s Poem. - 13 Reasons Why is the hottest thing on Netflix right now. The show, based on the book of the same name, tackles the subject of teen suicide and the specific reasons why the protagonist, Hannah, chose to take her own life. I WIll BE TALKING ABOUT POINTS FROM SERIES 1 EPISODE 8 SO POTENTIAL MINOR …
14 times poetry was used in awesome movies. - If you know me, you know I love poetry and films. One predates the other by thousands of years but in this day and age they are becoming increasingly similar. Here is a list of 14 times films used poetry to awesome effect. 14. 22 Jump Street Oscar Wilde said “Imitation is the sincerest form …
How to beat writers block. Six useful tips for getting rid of writers block - It is the greatest fear of all writers, those days when you just cannot get your ideas out on to paper. I have created a list of the most useful tips I use when I am experiencing writers block. 1. Get outside Imagine, you have been sat for hours staring at your laptop. The blank …
How Poetry comes to me. Answering some of your questions about poetry. - How does poetry come to you? This is probably the question I am asked the most. What inspires me to write? And how do I decide something is worth writing about? Honestly, for me it has become impulse. I used to sit down with pen and paper with the aim of writing about a specific …
What does depression feel like? My experience in overcoming mental health issues -   Today is World Health Day and this year the focus is Depression. Worldwide, over 350 million people suffer with some form of depression. 350 Million. That’s almost six times the population of the UK. And I’ve been one of that 350 Million. I talk about it a lot in my poems because writing them helped me …
Thoughts of a Dying Youth Book Launch -   On the 21st March 2017 we celebrated World Poetry day by launching my debut collection Thoughts of a Dying Youth at Waterstones Brighton. There was a fantastic turn out and I could not be happier with how the event went. I want to say a big thank you to all those in attendance and …