? My work is ever evolving. Although I read and write more and more, I would find it difficult to pin down a concrete style as yet. Reading so many great poets means that I draw influence from and strive to write in a better way constantly. My favourite poets at the moment are Helen Ivory (whose collection The Double Life of Clocks was leant to me by a teacher at school and is one of the reasons I write today), Moniza Alvi, Paul Farley, Sam Riviere, Selima Hill, I really could go on for a while. I suppose, stylistically I am interested in Surrealism in poetry, I’m a fan of free verse in particular and feel that for page poetry, rhyme (unless used scarcely and for the effect of an after observation about how clever the poet was to slip in the poetical device without you even noticing) can interrupt my personal enjoyment of a poem. Performance poetry is something I admire and strive to discover more about. Having founded and run a poetry society at uni, I feel it’s one of the best ways of getting people talking about poetry, getting people involved and excited about poetry...

  Even the dice disappeared from the house. We had to make our own, clunky and cardboard, preferred threes and fours. Objects made themselves awkward since he was scattered and she forgot herself. Pens hid from paper as if trying to retain the loops and lines of his hand, the settee stiffened like stale bread, the roof slipped a tile and tears of rain freckled the wallpaper which sagged like aged skin. Walls clung to the smell of apple sauce and roast pork. At night steam climbed the kitchen windows.