My Books

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From Poet of the Sphere to The Sound of Mark, from The Eternal Boy to The Dreamer and The Dream, from Too Close To The Sun to Playing God, from The Wolf in Me, The Wolf in You, The Wolf in Us to Vega – The Vampire King, from The Rambler to Poet of the Multiverse, from The Comeback Kid to The Pathfinder, from The Doorman to I’ll Meet You At The Lighthouse, from The Storyteller to The Return of The Wolf, from Scales & George to The Affair, from The Shadow of The Wolf to The Outsider, as well as my upcoming book Godspeed – all my published poetry and stories are all now available to buy from Amazon! Get yourself a copy now! 😎

Mark The Poet – The Podcast

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The Outsider: “Simpatico”, “Punk”, “The Stranger”

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The poems “Simpatico”, “Punk”, and “The Stranger” taken from my 2026 poetry collection ‘The Outsider’ – out now and available to buy online from Amazon.

My Poem “The Bubble”

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From time to time
everybody finds themselves
seemingly existing within a bubble
of space and time in which
it feels impossible to ascertain
how long you have been inside,
nor able to imagine being free of it,
because more often than not
we don’t realise what has happened to us,
nor how we found ourselves captured
with no thought of escaping…
people often stay somewhere,
doing the same thing, for years
before they start to question their place;
however when something happens,
perhaps when someone finds a way to leave
the confines of the barrier surrounding them
and they walk away with their head held high,
doubt can start to creep into the mind of those
who believe they have more to offer
than what they have been doing day after day
and something inside feels as if
it has started to change…
when you have been somewhere a long time
just the thought of not being there any longer,
surrounded by the people you have been around
more than even your family,
can be a scary thought -
but after something happens
that has an effect on the way that someone
feels about being somewhere,
that is when so many people
start to feel this surge of courage
brimming within them and encouraging
them to do what they may never
have anticipated doing;
however, everyone has their limits…
sometimes it is only when you can look backwards
upon somewhere you used to be
that you can give an honest assessment
on what happened, as well as when,
why, and how you decided to take
a leap into the unknown and make a move
towards where you found yourself
and doing what you ended up doing -
sometimes you can look back
and wonder whether you made
the right choice at the right time,
or whether you should have stayed
where you were and not been eager to leave
somewhere you knew well
for somewhere you did not know;
however, more often than not,
I would say that most people who
find themselves seemingly stuck somewhere,
and doing something they have no interest in
but just pays the bills and keep a roof over their head,
would undoubtedly jump at any chance
to see what would happen if they were to
take a shot in the dark and go wherever
and whenever their heart tells them to go,
and if they could anyone would
do the seemingly impossible
and break free of the bubble
that might have been holding them back.

The Outsider: “The End Of The Dream”, “Noon”, “Retro-causality”

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The poems “The End of The Dream”, “Noon”, and “Retro-causality” taken from my 2026 poetry collection ‘The Outsider’ – out now and available to buy online from Amazon.


The Outsider: “Give Back”, “The Realms of Possibility”, “The Bubble”

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The poems “Give Back”, “The Realms of Possibility”, and “The Bubble” taken from my 2026 poetry collection ‘The Outsider’ – out now and available to buy online from Amazon.

My Poem “The Worshippers of Helios”

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The sun has been a source of light, heat,
inspiration, fear, and adoration for many people
and civilisations over the centuries…
the sun has been, and continues to be,
a source of hope, as well as a source of dread,
for people young and old alike -
depending on when they are exposed
to its extreme power and influence…
the sun has been leaving its mark upon the world
since our planet coalesced into the rock of possibilities
that we now live on and are inextricably bound to…
the sun has been giving us gifts of life,
as well as teaching us all lessons
not to take anything for granted,
nor to be too dependent upon anything
too much for too long.

The sun has been shining like a beacon
for visitors of its solar system since its creation…
the sun has been spinning through
the arms of the stars of the galaxy since the dawn of the universe
and it has its own life cycle and periods of time
when it is more active than others…
the sun has been sending out its energy and its gravity
far and wide in sometimes noticeable
and unseen ways and waves like that of a dark ocean…
the sun has been deciding the fate of the life upon
the planets and the moons that encircle it
and those forms of life that still remain -
both “advanced” and vocal,
as well as those still hidden and silent -
and it will continue to do so for time yet,
until it comes to the end of its life
and it sends out an almighty shockwave
that will violently change the face
of everything and everyone forever after.

The sun is an important source of reinvigoration,
relaxation, and reproduction for plants and animals
and it is essential for how life on our planet
knows when, how, and why to do things…
the sun has been rising at dawn and setting at dusk
repeatedly from the perspective of many individuals
and every time it is seen from the ground,
or while orbiting in space,
everything and everyone always has this sense
and this feeling of awe and connection -
as if the sun is constantly speaking
to something within us all that beats in time with it…
the sun has been seen in many ways
and it’s has many layers to it that speak to its depth
its complexity, its context, and its place
at the centre of the wider world of our existence…
nothing and no one is anything without the sun,
and for as long as life has existed the sun
has been giving blessings and lessons
to those who bask in its eternal light -
especially those who spend as much time as they can
in worship of the celestial “sun god”.

Podcast Episode: Godspeed – Coming Soon

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In this episode I talk about my upcoming book “Godspeed” and how it and its story connect with previous characters and previous books and stories that I have previously published.

Godspeed – Coming Soon

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All families are somewhat dysfunctional… not all families get along with one another…
all families sometimes fight amongst themselves; however no family is more dysfunctional,
no family is more fractured, and no family members are at the odds with one another more than a family of gods.

One immortal and selfless god who has been in a state of rebellion against his family for many years – because he sought to influence and help humanity by “playing god” against the wishes of his father – finds themselves being put through a mortal trial of life and death like never before.

However, this “Rebel God” is not to be underestimated – and though he finds himself deceived and punished for his transgressions this “Man in Black” is a survivor and capable of anything.

Prepare yourself for every twist and turn of the continuing story of this former “Messenger God”.

Godspeed!

My New Book “Godspeed” – Coming Soon!

The Outsider: Capture This, Count to Ten, In Echo and Reflection

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My poems “Capture This”, “Count to Ten”, “In Echo And Reflection” , taken from my 2026 poetry collection ‘The Outsider’ – out now and available to buy online from Amazon.

Podcast: “Endings And New Beginnings”

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In this episode I talk about “endings and new beginnings” – both literal and figurative – from my books to my personal experiences and perspectives.

Podcast Poetry: The Outsider – Work Together, The Voyagers, and Time of War

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My poems “Work Together”, “The Voyagers” and “Time of War” taken from my 2026 poetry collection ‘The Outsider’ – out now and available to buy online from Amazon.