Poetry
My poetry is broad in its appeal, ranging from frogs to God by way of Dartmoor, the chemistry laboratory, psychotherapy, van Gogh, falcons, chess and the peculiar characteristics of time.
An ‘accomplished reader of his work,’ I am ‘always entertaining and good at handling an audience. There’s more laughter at a Skinner evening than at some other readings I’ve attended. Which is not to decry him as a serious poet, which he definitely is, but the work… is never pompous.’ (Event South-West)
Poetry Collections (as ‘Richard Skinner’)
Leaping & Staggering* Dilettante, 1988; 1996
In the Stillness* Dilettante, 1990
Is the Clock Slow a Little Up*† Dilettante, 1990
The Melting Woman* Blue Button Press, 1993
Still Staggering…* Dilettante, 1995
Echoes of Eckhart* Cairns/Arthur James, 1998
The Logic of Whistling*† Cairns, 2002
Invocations Wild Goose Publications, 2005
A Brief Poetry of Time† Oversteps, 2016
Colliding With God Wild Goose Publications, 2017
The Colour of Water† Dilettante Publications, 2023
[*out of print; †copies available from the author while stocks last]
