Martin Locock grew up in southwest England moved to south Wales in
1991. He is a landscape archaeologist by
training, but has also worked as a project manager at the National Library of
Wales and latterly at the University
of Wales Trinity
He has been writing poetry for many years, developing a
characteristic style of precise observation, clearly expressed. His previous collections are Carefully Chosen Words, Removals and The Thought of Fresh Rain.
He also edited the anthologies Poetry
from Strata Florida
He has published two collections of haiku, Travels with a
Notebook and Bright Silence: A month
in haiku, and has taught managers to use the form as a reflective practice
(The Flow of Thought).
He has written short stories and radio drama scripts, and is currently working on his first novel.
He is a member of Lampeter Writers and has performed at PENFro Festival, Cellar Bards,
Carmarthen Old Town Festival, Verses in Vino, Penned at the Bont, Poems and
Pints at the Queens and Mad As Birds.
He runs the Spoken Word Wales website.
