David Phillips was born in Leicester and grew up in South London, before moving to Margate in 1979 to take up a teaching post. He has now retired.
The move to Kent's creative hub proved providential to his writing. David has had poems and articles published in many magazines including Poetry Review, The Spectator and Classical Recordings Quarterly. His prize winning poetry extolling the virtues of Newcastle Brown Ale has featured on the London Underground, and his radio plays have been aired by the BBC and RTE.
He believes poetry should be accessible and relevant to everyday life, but should also include that magical 'X-factor' that moves and inspires the reader.
At the core of this collection is a long-forgotten tragedy from 1930's Margate, upon which the poet has expanded to create a universal narrative that is poignant, yet affirming and warm.
This poetry sequence chronicles one season in the life of an over-the-hill professional cricketer, and is a stylish, humorous and often laconic antidote to the romanticism of most cricket literature.
His poems genuinely read as if he's been there, done it and cried the tears, not as a star with the sponsored Merc, but as a spearchucker who never quite hacks it.
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