He started writing poetry at the age of 16, and gave recitations in folk clubs and at college between
the age of 16 and 19. He also wrote poems as songs for a folk band and a folk duo he was singer for, and again performed these
in folk clubs and blues clubs around the West Country.
His earlier prolific output of poetry was influenced and inspired by both the landscape, the
idealisation/ spiritual resonance of place, and also dealt with the human condition concerning time/memory. The natural
element continued in the following years but his poetry lapsed for a few years.
For some years he wrote poetry in celebration of selected beloved landscapes of the British Isles (especially
of Dartmoor and Dorset and Gloucestershire in England, and Cork and Kerry in Ireland) and the sanctity of unspoilt places,
historical and sacred sites. The themes are set within a "spirit of place", the eternity and magnificence of natural forces,
and the nostalgia of mans brief passage across the aeon moulded landscape, and an abiding sense of reverence. It also
speaks of celebration, fraternity, empathy between man and nature, and ritual and initiation in sacred spaces.
He still occasionally writes poetry again inspired by nature, the landscape, the transience of life and the spirit of place.
