“You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket…”

- John Adams

 

Books

I have poems in these fantastic anthologies:

  • ...And I Hear Dragons

    Edited by Hanan Issa, illustrated by Eric Heyman

    Firefly Press (2024)

    ISBN: 978-1915444578

  • Gods and Monsters: Mythological Poems

    THE gift book of the year. Fully illustrated by Chris Riddell. I have three poems in this fantastic anthology.

    Edited by Ana Sampson

    Macmillan Children’s Books (2023)

    ISBN: 978-1035023011

  • Twenty-One Poems about Wonky Animals

    (This collection is for adults)

    Candlestick Press

    ISBN: 978-1913627317

  • What is Hope?

    Edited by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong

    Pomelo Books (2023)

    ISBN: 978-1937057220

  • Almanac: 12 Poems for 2023

    A beautiful poem for every month of the year, by classic and contemporary poets.

    (This collection is pitched at adults rather than children, though for reading age rather than content. There is nothing ‘unsuitable’ in it)

    Candlestick Press (2022)

    ISBN: 978-1913627195

  • Chasing Clouds

    Edited by Jonathan Humble

    The first anthology from The Dirigible Balloon. All profits to the National Literacy Trust.

  • What is a Friend?

    Edited by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong

    Pomelo Books (2022)

    ISBN: 978-1937057169

  • Things We Eat

    Edited by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong

    Pomelo Books (2022)

    ISBN: 978-1937057312

  • Poems for 8 Year Olds

    Edited by Matt Goodfellow, illustrated by Roxana de Rond

    Macmillan Children’s Books (2022)

    ISBN: 978-1529065305

  • The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems

    Edited by Brian Moses, illustrated

    Macmillan Children’s Books (2021)

    ISBN: 978-1529049718

  • Elizabeth’s Poetry of Hope

    Charity anthology in aid of Elizabeth’s Legacy of Hope (2021)

    ISBN: 978-1399910682