I have been writing for as far back as I can remember.  My mother used to tell me that she would buy me paper and pencils hoping that once I could write I would stop talking and asking questions, I never did.  I have had such wide and varied careers including Freelance News Correspondent for a country newspaper and Lecturer at Park Lane College. Born in Leeds, West Yorkshire and although I have moved all over the country but returned to my beloved Yorkshire to write full time.  I had a mini stroke in March 2000 which changed everything overnight.  It was been a struggle to cope with the basics in life.  I have always written poetry and write them neatly and give them as presents to friends and relatives.  I always have a pen and paper handy when inspiration hits me, usually about everyday people and ordinary things.  I have won many prizes over the years and since my illness my poetry has taken on new depths resulting in lots being published.  My most famous poem was written for the 9/11 New York disaster and a copy of which stands in the Library of Congress in Washington.  I still have the ambition to complete a book of my poetry, which I am bringing together.  My inspiration comes from everyday life.

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