Raindrop

It’s not every day that we have a poem dedicated to us so Angie and I are very thrilled that poet James Wood has dedicated a pearl - or even a raindrop - of his wisdom to us.

James Wood is a dynamic young poet who also has a talent for kick-boxing and tai chi. He worked in a high-flying role in communications in the City before downshifting to Edinburgh to devote more time to his great passion - poetry. James’s first collection of poetry “The Theory of Everything” is coming out on 4th November, published by Happenstance press. You can find out more about him and his work here - http://www.happenstancepress.com/The%20Theory%20of%20Everything.htm.

The poem he dedicated to us, Raindrop, is here - http://www.happenstancepress.com/Sample%20poems/TheTheory%20of%20Everything%20sample%20poem.htm

James is donating the proceeds from the sale of the book are going to the Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund, which is seeking to fund research into the early detection and better treatment of pancreatic cancer.

The collection is available to order from amazon.co.uk at http://www.amazon.co.uk/Theory-Everything-James-Wood/dp/0955028094/sr=1-1/qid=1161245702/ref=sr_1_1/202-5461869-0605422?ie=UTF8&s=books

It’s also available from the publisher here: http://www.happenstancepress.com/Order%20online.htm , though please note that this is PayPal or cheque only. Direct orders from the publisher do not get bookseller mark-ups, i.e. they are two pounds cheaper.

I will be interviewing James for a Fusion View podcast soon and asking him about the poetry scene in Edinburgh where he is based, what drives him to write poetry, how one gets published as a poet in the UK and testing him to see if he really has a theory of everything…. If there are questions you would like to ask James about his work or the poetry scene in Edinburgh or the UK, please add a comment or email me and I will choose the best/ most relevant questions to put to him.