Deus ex machina: Moments

There was never a moment when I chose to be hungry. There was never a moment when I chose to … More

Deus ex machina: Monopoly Man

Standing silently upon a tall building’s top floor, a man stares out surveying a city he knows well, or at … More

When they came for you was I with you there or did I find an last-minute excuse to be … More

I had this big row in this big city on our only big holiday. Oh, this big drama on this … More

Tell me how the leaf felt as it fell from the scorched height of the mango tree, thirsting at the … More

Deus ex machina is a collection of political poetry exploring the very broad canvas of ‘today’ in the UK: … More

I’ve been checking and there’s some things that you’re not allowed to write about anymore. Some of them are listed but you … More

I found myself singing at the sites of solutions soliloquies sounding the sight of revolution over the hills but no … More

It starts slowly. Easing you in with a coffee warmed through with bleary eyed puffy cheeked cracking elbowed shedding the … More

I felt grit in my eye and my god didn’t it burn. It stung against my eyelashes and dripped, almost, … More

They clawed their way out of the ground. Risen and towering, presiding over the destruction of crushed tradition, they razed … More

On my anonymity I do solemnly swear not to offend anyone and to steer clear of certain subjects until I … More

I’ll be your disclaimer, baby. I’ll show you what to do I’ll tell you how to do it. Don’t you … More

I wrote a tale about a singer and her sewing machine. She was old and frail, but her fingers flitted … More

I’m a bit nervous so you’ll have to all bear with me. I’m wary of you so will you bear … More