A video of me introducing my new poetry collection ‘The Outsider’ – Out 21/4/26
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The Outsider – Coming Soon
Coming Soon… My tenth poetry collection.
This poetry collection is a testament to my journey of discovery as a writer, as a poet, and as an author since I wrote my first poem – which over the years has lead to me writing and publishing hundreds of poems and expanding my perception of life in so many ways.
This poetry collection is me at my most honest, as I reflect upon who I am and what I have experienced since I first set out upon my path as a poet and a writer – and the poems of this collection represent and define me like never before, because I have always considered myself to be an Outsider who has always been able to imagine what is beyond the horizon.
The Outsider – My Tenth Poetry Collection – Coming Soon
From the Poet and Author of such poetry collections as Poet of the Sphere, The Sound of Mark, The Eternal Boy, The Dreamer and The Dream, The Rambler, Poet of the Multiverse, The Comeback Kid, The Pathfinder, and The Storyteller comes my tenth poetry collection “The Outsider” – Out 21/4/26!
Filled with 60 previously unpublished poems The Outsider is not only my tenth published poetry collection but it is also a celebration of my journey as a poet, a writer, a storyteller, and an author over the last fourteen years.
And what better day to announce the publication of my tenth poetry collection than on World Book Day!
A Journey Through Poetry #46: Poēta Universalis
This episode is a part of Mark’s “A Journey Through Poetry” – a personal reflection of his life as a poet, a writer, and a author – in which he recites a different poem from every one of his poetry collections. In this episode Mark recites his poem ‘Poeta Universalis’, from his poetry collection Poet of the Sphere, and he gives some insight and some context into why he was inspired to write this poem in particular.
A Journey Through Poetry #45: Train of Thought
This episode is a part of Mark’s “A Journey Through Poetry” – a personal reflection of his life as a poet, a writer, and a author – in which he recites a different poem from every one of his poetry collections. In this episode Mark recites his poem ‘Train of Thought’, from his poetry collection The Storyteller, and he gives some insight and some context into why he was inspired to write this poem in particular.
A Journey Through Poetry #44: A Matter Of Time
This episode is a part of Mark’s “A Journey Through Poetry” – a personal reflection of his life as a poet, a writer, and an author – in which he recites a different poem from every one of his poetry collections. In this episode Mark recites his poem ‘A Matter Of Time’, from his poetry collection The Pathfinder, and he gives some insight and some context into why he was inspired to write this poem in particular.
A Journey Through Poetry #43: World Between Worlds
This episode is a part of Mark’s “A Journey Through Poetry” – a personal reflection of his life as a poet, a writer, and an author – in which he recites a different poem from every one of his poetry collections. In this episode Mark recites his poem ‘World Between Worlds’, from his poetry collection The Comeback Kid, and he gives some insight and some context into why he was inspired to write this poem in particular.
My Poem “The Realms of Possibility”
The more you live, the more you grow,
the more you see, the more you hear,
the more you experience things changing
in profound, considerable, and unexpected ways,
the more you become aware and accustomed
to the insatiably complex nature of the world…
the more you learn about yourself
and the way things are and have always been,
the more you start to understand
and appreciate the things that have happened -
both the good and the bad -
that everything and everyone
has in common with each other…
the more you believe in the power of a person
to be able to change their mind
about what they have always believed,
the more that you realise that people
are not just driven by instinct alone;
because sometimes some people have such
an outpouring of empathy and compassion
for others whom they don’t know
that they even surprise themselves
and their level of charity and generosity
as a result can even surprise and surpass
any and every expectation that they
might have had of their own actions…
the more you do to educate yourself
on what is true and what is false,
on what can be described and what can be proven,
the more you learn that so much
of what we all do and what we have always done
comes down to what we are capable of sacrificing
in order to achieve a sense of purpose in our lives -
and sometimes the price we are faced with
we deem to be too high,
while sometimes some people find
that have no choice but to do what must be done…
the more you do not judge the person next to you,
or the person who is just trying to do their best
to find out why they are who and what they are,
the more that you will see that nothing and nobody
will ever truly fit the model of who they are
sometimes told they are expected to be -
because even those people who attempt
to publicly emulate someone else
behind closed doors everyone is their own self
with their own thoughts, feelings, and emotions
on things and on people, but sometimes
everybody has to keep their own council
on what to say and what not to say;
however, there are some people who
believe that it is their responsibility
to challenge, to argue, and to defend
each and every arena of self-expression,
because there are so many places in the world
where the freedom to say, and to be
who you want to be, is not a guarantee…
the more you accept that the more you know
the more you will be able to make something
that much more interesting and meaningful to you,
the more you will experience a new and a sometimes
more nuanced view of everything and everyone,
and the more that you see the cracks in the facade
of those who portray themselves as someone
and something seemingly untouchable
to the overriding principles and the laws of nature -
those described, as well as those intrinsic
to life as we know it on this planet -
the more you can come to realise that nothing
you can imagine is ever truly
outside of the realms of possibility.
A Journey Through Poetry #42: Where It All Started
This episode is a part of Mark’s “A Journey Through Poetry” – a personal reflection of his life as a poet, a writer, and an author – in which he recites a different poem from every one of his poetry collections. In this episode Mark recites his poem ‘Where It All Started’, from his poetry collection Poet of the Multiverse, and he gives some insight and some context into why he was inspired to write this poem in particular.
A Journey Through Poetry #41: Dreams Of The Moment
This episode is a part of Mark’s “A Journey Through Poetry” – a personal reflection of his life as a poet, a writer, and an author – in which he recites a different poem from every one of his poetry collections. In this episode Mark recites his poem ‘Dreams Of The Moment’, from his poetry collection The Rambler, and he gives some insight and some context into why he was inspired to write this poem in particular.
Mark The Poet 