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About Me

I am a poet. It is a huge accident, I had years in denial about doing something I always wanted to do, and tried to be practical for along time. I'm at a weird stage where I inhabit a grey area (i.e I'm not unpublished , have had books out with local presses.) Poetry is more than a hobby to me, but i'm not really a performer so it's hard to get the work out there.In 2004 I won the Biscuit poetry competition, followed by the publication of my first full length collection Sex with Elvis.I am very shy and introverted, and this is sometimes a huge hinderance, as a result not many people have read my work . I just try to make it better anyway.I don't think writing is something I had a choice about doing. I'm pretty crap at conversation with people in real life, and sometimes think it might be easier for me to get work seen if I could actually talk to people like normal folk. Thing is, if i was confident and all that stuff maybe I wouldn't have felt the urge to write in the first place! I might have a life, instead of writing about them!In terms of the music with poems,i had the opportunity to work with a musician for the first time, with the Hydrogen Jukebox in 2003. Later I worked with shaun Lennox again, and have found it great to be able to put my poems to music. )I actually hate my voice, and for a long time wished I was posh and sounded like someone else, but I hearing my voice reading poems with music has made me accept it. I haven't included a photo of me here because there are none that I am happy with, but who said writers have to be seen? What I'd like is just to be heard, which is maybe why I write.In 2006 I had a pamphlet out with Ek Zuban, in which my poems appeared in Finnish alongside Finn poet Tapani Kinuunen, and some of these recordings were sketches for a gig to plug the pamphlet (so that's why they sound abit raw.)I'm not a performance poet, and have found it really hard to make myself do readings. Nonetheless, although it is against my natural inclination, I have worked hard at trying to read my poems better.Check out my website and blog if you wanna know more, or are interested in writing www.accidentalpoet.co.uk

My Interests

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Member Since: 16/07/2006
Band Website: www.accidentalpoet.co.uk
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Influences: I like Raymond Carver, Bukowski, Sylvia Plath, Liz Lochhead, the Brontes, JT Leroy, S.E Hinton, Selima Hill, and infact alot of good contemporary poetry, Dorothy Parker, and Sharon Olds .Music wise I love Morrissey, and like Nick Cave, Johnny Cash, 50's girl pop, Portishead, 50's stuff, The Cramps, The Pixies, Nirvana, Hole, Blondie, 80's pap, Kelly Osbourne, and far more things than I'll admit to.I love movies, Hitchcock, Rumble Fish, 80's teen films (Breakfast Club and stuff), Flatliners, Goodfellas, Breaking the waves, Thelma and Louise, the Shawshank Redemption, Fight Club, The Matrix, horror, Adaptation, Woody Allen, Grease, The Truman show, My Life without Me, and basically movies that are either beautiful or feel tangible in some way. I also enjoy immensely practical things sometimes like D.I.Y, cooking and sewing bits of cloth together, badly!When I grow up i want to put Morrissey's cufflinks on for him.
Sounds Like: My poems don't really know who their brothers and sisters are. They are outsiders, trying to piece together the world in their own way.
Record Label: Salt Publishing

My Blog

Vista scam

I've just found out that I have been scammed by Vista Print. You may know Vista Print seems reputable. I signed up to them a few years ago to get some business cards. The flyer for this service servic...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:24:00 GMT

salt campaign

33% off my book Strip Salt Just One Book campaign continues. It is really inspiratonal that people who love books are trying to help this press, andf hat people are remembering they like books.Today t...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:37:00 GMT

Just One Book

Hey There I found this on Heather's blog, and want to help, so am re posting it here.As you may know, Salt Publishin...
Posted by on Fri, 22 May 2009 03:57:00 GMT

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Posted by on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:29:00 GMT

Christmas Gifties

On an entirely seperate note, yesterday I popped to Argos to get Andy's stud detector, while I was there went in Borders and had a look round (mostly I go there to fondle the paperchase notebooks, and...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:20:00 GMT

to market

The full month of the supermarket complete ban is done- I think it has made me save over £100, but I won't be certain till the next statement comes. On Friday I went to Sainsbury's, as we had been ou...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:05:00 GMT

outta the closet

'Hello my name is Angela, and I used to write prose'. 'Hi Angela' (fellow frustrated ex prose writers wave, and point me to the welcome cookies.) (I don't get through my membership s...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:17:00 GMT

supermarkets continue

Almost 3 weeks into the supermarket ban now. Mostly I've managed, made homemade veg burgers at the weekend (when we wanted food to watch a movie with), made lasagne last night. Also made ...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:25:00 GMT

fix

It's very cold for October up North- funny ice falling from the sky in weird showers. It's cold in the house, but I like the sound of the rain when it comes and the trembling sun behind the clou...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Nov 2008 06:16:00 GMT

Making Do

Went to visit a friend last night- it was really nice. I realised this is the first time really Andy and I have been invited for a meal by another couple. We were on our best behaviour and tryin...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:22:00 GMT