I have self published two collections of my poems, the first back in the now very distant seventies called Reaching for the Moon, the second volume more recently entitled Words Masquerading as Verse.
Not forgetting my mini cd on
handmaidiscs hmcd 115 called'the almost live cd' of which there are still a few copies available.

One of my poems
How it is meant to be won an award from an American on line poetry site for being one of their most read poems at the time. Subsequently it was recorded on an anthology of poems which was given away as a cd with a poetry magazine in the States.

I have also given online interviews to schools in America and the University of Bejing. I have contributed my work to journals, magazines and the radio.

I also perform my poems and songs in folk clubs and open mike nights throughout this green and pleasant land, giving me the opportunity to meet a lot of very interesting people through my poems and music making many friends along the way.

I have been married to Yvonne for eight and a half years and we live happily in Portsmouth sharing many exciting adventures together.
All works copyrighr Mike Hoggarth @ 2010

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