Be Careful of Falling Rocks

Patrick took up creative writing just over ten years ago, specialising in poetry after becoming the first ever winner of the 'Selina Trotman' prize for poetry 2012. With his poem The Lost Voice (based on a true story), resulting in his first poetry book, In a Word, being published in 2013. Patrick has been writing on a regular basis ever since and was a member of the Ledbury poetry writing group for six years. He has performed his own poetry at the Ledbury Poetry Festival and open mic nights and poetry slams in Hereford, Leominster and Cardiff. Patrick has completed two travel journals, based in the USA and Europe, and a children's book, Down on the Lake; Be Careful of Falling Rocks is the completion of his second collection of poetry, and he is also currently developing a collection of ten short stories. At the beginning of 2017, he thought about returning to his first creative medium art, resulting in taking on a studio at The Apple Store Gallery in Hereford, in December that same year, while continuing to write on a regular basis. Patrick now also does all his creative writing at his studio and has completed a number of collage art works, resulting in taking on his commission last year. Patrick also paint in acrylic, draws in pencil, in colour and black and white.