I have always loved writing poetry - a poem I wrote as a child has been included in a Macmillan Christmas anthology, and I published poems before I started writing stories.  My poems have appeared in anthologies for publishers including Bloomsbury, Candlestick Press, Macmillan, Scholastic, Collins Children's Books, Oxford University Press, Otter-Barry Books and A&C Black. 

I have also written poems for Pearson educational publishers.

My mini eBooks One Week of Christmas Poems, One Week of Dinosaur Poems, One week of Nature Poems, One Week of Space Poems,  One Week of Football Poems, One Week of Spooky Poems, One Week of Seaside Poems, One Week of Pirate Poems and One Week of Puzzle Poems are available on Amazon Kindle.  The first six books in the series are also gathered together in the One Week of Poems Omnibus.

Here are a couple of poems. I'll change them every now and then so come back to see what's new.

THE PERFECT PLANET SUPERSTORE

"If you want to buy a planet
You have found the perfect place.
You won't get a better bargain 
In the whole of outer space.

Little Mercury's good value:
Not too big, in tasteful grey.
Night-times can be rather chilly,
But it's toasty warm by day.

If you want it even warmer,
Venus might be worth a shot,
It's a real volcanic planet
And it's super-sizzling hot.

If you're looking for volcanoes,
Mars can boast the biggest one,
And it's climate's more... refreshing,
As it's further from the sun.

If you want more for your money,
Here's the biggest one we've got:
It's the massive, gassy Jupiter,
Complete with bright red spot,

While the second biggest, Saturn,
Has the most dramatic rings,
And it comes with lots of moons
If you've a liking for such things.

Icy Neptune and Uranus
Come in lovely shades of blue,
And are both extremely windy
If a breeze appeals to you."

"What about that blue-green planet,
With the swirling wisps of white,
That you popped behind the counter,
Trying to keep it out of sight?"

"Ah, that planet's very special,
It has forests full of trees,
It has rain and wind and sunshine,
It has rivers, lakes and seas.

For the cold bits aren't too chilly,
And the hot bits aren't too hot,
And it comes complete with orbit
In a perfect sunny spot.

It is bursting full of treasure
Of incalculable worth.
It's the superstar of planets,
Living, breathing Planet Earth!

If you really want to have it
You must promise to take care,
For we haven't found another 
Planet like it anywhere.

Pop it gently in your trolley,
Don't forget its little moon,
And I'm sure you'll be delighted
With your purchase.

Come back soon!"

DINOSAUR SCHOOL

What do dinosaurs learn at carnivore school?
How to swagger and strut, how to cruise and be cool.
They learn gnashing and gashing and gnawing and clawing,
And lashing and dashing and roaring and warring,
And tearing and scaring and ripping and gripping,
And daring and glaring and nipping and flipping,
And chasing and racing and pacing and pulping,
And looming and booming and zooming and gulping,
And stomping and chomping, alarming and harming,
And stamping and champing, attack and disarming.

But at herbivore school what do dinosaurs do?
They learn how to chew,
And to chew,
And to chew.