Spoz had been writing poems of sorts for ages. Always a keen fan of John Hegley, John Cooper-Clarke and Attila the Stockbroker, he recited ‘Disco Dad’ to his audience while changing a broken string on his guitar to ‘fill time’. Fame and fortune as a performance poet followed (that’s kind of stretching it a bit really – well a lot actually).

Since those early days, Spoz has been a regular on the national poetry scene and was made Birmingham Poet Laureate for 2006 / 7. He set up a company with fellow Birmingham Poet Laureate, Dreadlockalien (2005/6), to deliver poetry workshops in schools, up and down the country.

Spoz has also performed at Glastonbury 2005 where he was commissioned by the BBC to write a poem for the festival and perform it on Radio 5 Live. He has also performed at Shambala festival , Cheltenham Literature festival, Ledbury Poetry Festival, Warwick Words festival, ‘poetry cafes’ and ‘Slam Poetry’ events up and down the country. He has also been well received at comedy clubs in the Birmingham area as a ‘stand up poet’.

Spoz also takes some of his poetry and charm into schools. Have a look in the ‘Poetry Workshops’ section to find out more.

Click on here to have a read of some poems.

There’s also a couple of audio files you can listen to as well.