Meet the Poet
Dick Jones
Dick Jones was Initially wooed by the First World War poets and then seduced by the Beats, and he has been exploring the vast territories in between since the age of 15. Work has been published in a number of magazines, print and online, including Orbis, The Interpreter’s House, Poetry Ireland Review, Qarrtsiluni, Westwords, Mipoesias, Three Candles, Other Poetry, Rattlesnake and Ouroboros Review. In 2010 Dick received a Pushcart nomination for his poem "Sea Of Stars" and his first collection, Ancient Lights, was published by Phoenicia Publishing in 2012. A translation of Blaise Cendrars’ iconoclastic epic poem "La Prose du Transsibérien…," illustrated by Natalie D’Arbeloff, is due for publication by The Old Stile Press in 2014. Dick presently lives near London with his wife and children. Read.