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.

TIMETABLE

First-year ghosts, 9pm,
First class, ‘Elementary Moaning,’
10pm at local churchyard,
‘Get to Grips with Graveyard Groaning,’
10.30, practical,
‘How to Remove your Head,’
12 midnight, back to churchyard,
‘Seven Steps to Wake the Dead,’
1am,  ‘Dragging Chains,’
2am,  ‘Ringing Bells,’
3am,  ‘To Mix Fake Blood,’
4am,  ‘Revolting Smells,’
5am,  dawn instruction,
‘Murky Mists and Spooky Lighting,’
5.30, theory class,
‘The Basics of Successful Frightening,’
6am, lost property,
Please reclaim your missing head,
6.30, class dismissed,
Vanish, fade or float to bed.

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!"