Title: The Common Women
Description: 24 poems. None of them received a first prize but She-wolf gained 2nd in the Lake Aske Memorial Award, adjudicated by Lyman Andrews; others received varying prizes (2nds, 3rds, commendations including, The Returning, short-listed by Howard Sergeant, MBE). Snarl-up on the A128, is the most published poem in this collection, appearing in magazines and local newspapers such as the Brentwood Gazette.
Subjects: Wolves, Kawasaki, Arctic, Cosmopolitan, Zanussi, Cosmonaut, Pica, Corsican Pines, Coke, Guillemots, Persil, Norwegian Wine, Castrol.
Places: Essex, A128, Arctic Ocean, London Skyline
People: Emily Dickinson, Eric Gill, John Clare, Christ.
Time periods: 1980s.