The Pedestrian as Athlete

I move faster than most.

Except up steps,
Which are my weakness.

(Here,
Where others bound,
I plod)

But on the straight
I excel, outstripping
Most competition
From a staggered start.

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Biography

I have been writing poetry for about fifteen years, since I was studying for the Inter Cert, though I really only blossomed, as it were, last year (2002), when I wrote over forty poems. up to that I had just five poems in my portfolio (I wasn't a straight-off success, it took me a while to get good). I had a couple of poems published in Riposte and one in the Canadian magazine, Labour of Love in 2002 and I've had one accepted by Studies, the Jesuit magazine. I have been a professional actor since 2000, working mainly with Theatre of Joy. I live in Leixlip, Co. Kildare, which is where I was born in 1972.