That’s me pictured with the late Benjamin Zephaniah, my friend and mentor. Benjamin was a Professor at my University. He taught me everything I know about performance poetry.

I regularly perform my spoken word poetry around the North West. Writing poetry has really helped with my copywriting, and vice versa. When I’m writing copy, I read it aloud, I notice how it flows, and I make sure that the words being used are the words needed. Similar to writing poetry. Every word has a purpose. Poetry is a form of storytelling - I’m trying to make my words resonate with an audience. Just like writing copy. And I can’t help but notice that spoken word poetry is becoming more popular with audiences today - even featuring in TV, radio & YouTube advertising.

Published/ Featured

• The Wordarium Journal - National Lottery and Arts Council England funded with Escape2Make. My original poem ‘Love Orchestra’ is featured in the journal. (Jul 2024)

• Lancaster Literature Festival ‘Refuge’ Mosaic 2023: my original poem ‘Inner Peace’ is featured in the ‘Mental Health’ section (read poem).

• The Wordarium, Lancaster: I had my first headline show (30 minute set) in December 2022.

• Benjamin Zephaniah invited me to perform a set for his class in 2015, one year after I graduated…from his class!

• I performed an anti-bullying spoken word poem on BBC Radio in April, 2015.