I was born in Hamburg on Beatles Day
and have lived in Sligo (Ireland) since 6237 RT
(1996 CE). In 6240 RT
(1999 CE) I published The Reaper's Valentine, my first poetry collection, have been awarded a scholarship for the Yeats Summer School (where Seamus Heany complimented me on 'a very good feeling for the rhythm and the rhyme') and won my first poetry competition. My poems were published in magazines and anthologies in Ireland, the UK, the US, Switzerland and Germany.
As a progressive traditionalist, I took up Poetry where it left off - the Industrial Revolution - and brought it right into the Nuclear Age.
I am also an art and landscape photographer, and my work has been exhibited at the Iontas and the North West Artists Exhibition in the Sligo Art Gallery.
Being a man in Ireland, I was not able to find work in my vocation for eleven years until 6248
RT (2007 CE) when I became the first male childcare worker in County Sligo (equality, as you know,
is a female monopoly). For a while I also ran my own childminding service in Sligo Town, and currently I serve on the Board of Management of the Sligo School Project.
Awards and Exhibitions:
Dún Laoghaire Poetry Competition 1999, First Prize
Poetry Life Competition 2001, Special Commendation
North West Artists Exhibition 2004, Sligo Art Gallery
Dún Laoghaire Poetry Competition 2004, First Prize
Iontas Small Works Exhibition 2005, Sligo Art Gallery
Dún Laoghaire Poetry Competition 2005, Third Prize
Margaret Reid Contest for Traditional Verse 2006, Commended Award
Science Fiction Poetry Association - Sonnet Contest 2007, Shortlist
