I write a bit of poetry and stuff. Whether it's any good or not is up to you to decide.
The Lay of the Seawife - this is a poem in a modern form of the Anglo-Saxon alliterative verse. Each line is divided into two parts. The first part has one or two accented syllables, the second part one. In each line, all the accented syllables start with the same sound, or a vowel. It is a very English verse form, relying on the strong accent of the English language
The Clown - this is very different. It is modern blank verse, and is about one individual's journey. It is somewhat autobiographical.
Post-Evangelical is a poem I wrote at an alternative worship event in Sheffield. It considers how more liberal insights conflict with my old evangelical certainties, doctrines and ideas about what is 'sound' and what isn't, and my struggle between the two. The middle section, in large type, is a much older piece of work, from a song I wrote called Milady, about the comfort of ale when depressed, and the guilt its use to excess engenders. A shadow of this also appears in a couple of lines in The Clown, which is based on a cycle of these songs including Milady. I plagiarise myself, it seems.
I've also written a short story, Life Eternal. I'm sorry if it's a bit depressing, but I read that pessimists differ from optimists in that their brains are turned on by negative rather than positive things. Sorry, it's the way God wired me.