Lady Godiva and Me

 From The Fabled Third.  Gwydion the storyteller has challenged Taliesn the poet to write an honest song about war. They are both drunk.  ...

My verse translation of Culhwch ac Olwen. the Oldest Arthurian Tale, will be published by Shearsman in the UK in January 2026.  Information ...

  This book tells the stories of Charlotte Bronte’s last years and the writing of Elizabeth Gaskell’s biography. Unusually, Watson takes the...

The Wrong Fairytale   Behind each ornate door  a princess waits to hear the words  that set her free.   As you pass along  the shadowed corr...

  The Piper’s Call (Planxty: Dublin 2005)    The high note, held, stretching the space above the drone; like wind torn spray as the great wa...

  What I Learnt From Watching Television Archeology   We've found another body!  Cut to cleavage shots of fine young animal: bare should...

A version of this poem was originally published in Meniscus. It was an early attempt   to write fiction in verse. After the poem, you can re...