This is probably my favorite part of having a website (apart from creating the work that I feature on it, of course).

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My poetry in particular, but not exclusively, is intended to be read aloud.  When I'm writing I spend a lot of time reading the work out loud to myself, trying to gauge what it sounds like.  I'm interested in the patterns that the sound of words make: are they musical, do they enhance the meaning of the work, are they interesting, evocative,  immediate and accessible?

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I think that words must have a life off the page. Notes on a stave tell musicians what to play, but the music lies in the voice of the instrument.

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I hope you enjoy my readings - occasional mistake and all.  They're live recordings.