Simon John Cox

Simon John Cox was born in Tunbridge Wells, has a degree in chemistry, a job in marketing and a black belt in Taekwon-Do. He has been writing fiction for as long as he can remember. He has had various short stories published, and is editing his second novel whilst trying to interest agents in his first. Simon is a founder member of the Tunbridge Wells Writers group, and is currently starring as the protagonist in his autobiography.

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• The Hole Between Mine and Yours: Liquid Logic from a Dirty Tumbler on Aug. 25, 2011
  
  The Hole Between Mine And Yours is the debut collection of poems from Christina M. Grey, and if its quality is anything to go by then I doubt it will be the last. The tones of her poems range from rude to thoughtful to playful, and the often breathtaking turns of phrase are carried forward by a skilful urgency of rhythm. Even when Grey is being a little bit dirty - which I suspect is quite a lot, although I'm probably too naive and innocent to realise quite how much - her voice is clear and precise, and the lines slide smoothly down the page. She is a great observer the shapes of our experiences and reading the poems for smaller or larger insights will be hugely enjoyable, but the great joy of this book, I think, is in the unexpected phrase, couplet or verse that stops you in your tracks and forces you to smile, raise your eyebrows or laugh out loud. The poems are frequently arresting, funny and witty. "Melting", for example, gives us "whimper courage / liquid shrink / dumber up her / sloppy wink", whilst "Ode To No One" provides "i've yet to meet a worthy beau / or if i have, he had to go" and "Sideways Signs Of Balance" gives "Pause it if the absolute is farther than its value / Pause it if the lesson's lost to Math instead of Matthew". "Reverse Symbiosis", "Have Knots, Won't Work" and "Girls Are Mean" are wonderful (quoting part of them would not do them justice here), and I've read "Wet" over and over again - I won't tell you why, but you'll understand when you read it. I don't read a lot of poetry, so I'm very pleased that I discovered this collection. I'm recommending it to everyone