Poetry about Poetry ... original or previously published poetry

PaP: About the authors

Jim Bennett teaches creative arts at the University of Liverpool, and is the author of over 40 books including a number of books for children and four poetry collections, His most recent work is the CD DOWN IN LIVERPOOL which is available on-line from http://www.mp3fm.co.uk/ or from your record store. Jim's website can be found at http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/1127/.

Jon Corelis works in software in Silicon Valley and has published poetry and criticism in the U.S., Britain, and Austria.

Richard Denner lives near Sebastopol, California, where he teaches tarot at a Waldorf School. He was for many years the proprietor of Fourwinds Bookstore and Cafe in Ellensburg, Washington, and the manager of a Tibetan Buddhist Dharma store for Tara Mandala Retreat Center in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. In his spare time, he publishes dpress chapbooks. You are welcome to visit his website.

Eddie Gibbons was born in Liverpool and now lives in Aberdeen. Extracts from his first book, 'Stations of the Heart', can be seen at www.deliberatelythirsty.com. 'The Poetry Police' has been approved by Grampian Constabulary, two of whose officers were given a rendition of the poem late one night on Union Street, Aberdeen. The author is currently on remand for various rhymes and misdemeanours.

Peter Howard was educated at Hertford College, Oxford and now lives in Milton, a village just outside Cambridge, UK, where he is a telecommunications systems design consultant. He's written a booklet of poems called Low Probability of Racoons, had poems published in magazines, on the WWW, and read on television.

Tim Love - lives in Cambridge, UK. Poems in Stand, Rialto, Verse, etc.

Helena Nelson lives in Fife, Scotland. Works in a Further Education College where much of her time is spent attempting to persuade people to talk and/or write in a way that makes sense. She lives with a live motor mechanic and a great many dead poets.

Peter Nicholson was born in 1950 in Waverley, New South Wales. He has published three books of poetry- A Temporary Grace, 1991, Such Sweet Thunder, 1994 and A Dwelling Place, 1997. He is presently working on a new collection, Rougher Than Usual Handling. See his home page for more information.