I've been writing things since I was a teenager but what with the kids, being a leftie who wanted to change things, not to mention the academic day job, it's only recently that I've made any effort to get published or be heard. I'm an inveterate techie in my working life, which explains the poem about differential calculus; and I still want things to change even if I lack the energy I once had. Hence stories about people who are not much heard and some spikey poems. Other than that, I write about the things we all write about: love, death, airports, swimming.
Short Stories
Fire with Fire Shortlist (last 10) for Doire Press 2nd Annual International Chapbook Competition
Gnomes Write This, volume 6, issue iii, 3.24.2012
Robot CS4FN - ComputerScienceForFun
Granite University
with Morag Burgon-Lyon, Greg Michaelson, Judy Robertson
Swans (In Textualities)
Pictures at an Exhibition (New Writing Scotland 26, Jul 2008)
Poetry
Turing: in Take Tea with Turing. Nov 2012 also now an iPhone App
Jupiter: in Estaury - a confluence of Art and Poetry
Making; Primes of Life; Three-stage Firing:
with Carol Dussere's three stories in the Conversations Across Borders project. Aug 2012
Commuter: in Every Day Poets. Aug 2012
North Berwick Law - in Ink, Sweat and Tears, June 20th
Meteor - Runner up in the James Kirkup Memorial Competition, 2012
Medal of Robert Douglas - one of five winners in the St Andrews Museum
Stanza Competition, March 2012
Ventriloquist - First prize in Provocations competition, 2012
The Screen - Highly Commended in the Norman MacCaig Competiton 2010
Or in the heart, or in the head? (with Greg Michaelson; Textualities - Science and Intuition 1, Mar 2008; and with Sarah the Poetic Robot Aug 2012)
Readings
Inky Fingers online open mic -23rd April 2013.
North Berwick Law; Turing; Hangover; Spam Rap
Words and Music at Govan Baths- August 2012
Inky Fingers Minifest 'Science and Poetry' - with Sarah the Poetic Robot - August 2012
Blind Poetics @ the Counting House Summer Festival- June 2012
Hello Poetry, Stirling (reading at the 3 minute mark, after the raffle) - April 2012
Kerouac 9th birthday celebration - No Rhyme No Reason Apr 1st 2012
Foakies - November 2011
Callander Poetry weekend - September 2011
No Sleep in Bristo Poetry Marathon - August 2011
Happy Birthday Allen Ginzberg - June 2011
StAnza Slam - March 2011
Shore Poets 'New Poet' Jan 2011
Shore Poets Open Mic April 2010
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