Angels Will Come

ANGELS WILL COME

Voice was so soft
behind me -
the only friend
wanted to say I
          or that, and beside
driving
unbearable to me
looked warm
          giving
alone;
all life splendour
on white
          smoke frozen
forever in
and just as cold.
-2011-
Unpublished

Shelter Life

SHELTER LIFE

          He can hardly
had been living on
he purposely isolated
          cowering in the
away from the
always thinking
I feel safe
I was going
          he says
has a spotless one-
bed privacy
overlooking the spices
and the flavours.
-2011-
Unpublished

We Words Can Do

WE WORDS CAN DO

All too sadly we
words can do,
          and
is not perfect time;
to time we
require the
to protect the
more offer us
          that
we should all
think very before
          we
seek repeal.
-2011-
Unpublished

Contacts/scans needed....

I am trying to find current contact information for Bryn Fortey of Forty Winks Press. Also, I am in need of scans or hard copies of anything I previously published (Bloody Quill, Glasshouse Electric.....) and/or my own work that was published. Anyone who can help or advise please get in touch.
My utmost gratitude in advance. J W.

Archive # 5 - The Bloody Quill

The Bloody Quill

Issue 4 (1998)

Illustration - Rossetti (manipulated by J W Rogerson)

[also shown Unreal Dreams 2]

Regrets

REGRETS

          So far, so good
about having said
ever, I'm not proud
comment     and
after I had stated
said something like
is not the place for
it this one time
          and then having,
sat down.
-2011-
Unpublished

Last Call

LAST CALL

Have been kicking
          for a while, the
playing with
for her quirky
          really shows in
          ambient
jazz influence
accessible with
mental impulse
the deft
          acoustic
far beyond a
few years
bristled at some.
-2011-
Unpublished

Archive # 4 - Chemical Warfare

This piece appeared in my collection "Alien Shudder" (Inkpot Press) as well as the 1999 Forty Winks Press war-themed anthology "Zones" (ISBN: 095335752X). It reflects the genre (horror/SF) themes that flavoured much of my early work.

CHEMICAL WARFARE

Not people we are;
          we're like chemicals.
I take them
          and the face
          and heart.
I feel one of,
          like-shaped
in the world;
it was meant for us
          and I can taste it.

Archive # 3 - To Comprehend Or Presumption

This piece originally appeared in my collection "The Horror Of Used Clothing" published by Forty Winks Press in 2000 (ISBN:0953357538)

TO COMPREHEND OR PRESUMPTION

The air is damp
we hear the cars above
between sags of cable
          grit
          foreign matter
I don't know what to
          fabric-softened face
          and brush
to go and slide in
lost in the damp
to hold her
          and cold now.

Archive # 2 - The Bloody Quill

The Bloody Quill

Issue 6 (1999) Illustration by Steve Lines

Issue 2 (1997) Illustration by J W Rogerson

Archive #1 - The Bloody Quill

In 1996 I started to produce my first zine "The Bloody Quill". Based on a vampiric/gothic theme, the zine featured poetry, fiction and reviews by writers based in the UK and abroad. My thanks to Des Lewis for posting cover scans on another site.

Issue 1 (1996)

Illustration by Elaine Tierney

Current whereabouts...

When last known I resided in Liverpool, England where I wrote and published under the following names:
J Rogerson, Rollo Hrothgar, Henri Latouse and Roger Sun.
Currently I exist in Toronto, Canada.