About the author
Hello, I am Ben Robinson, I am a writer and a poet from the United Kingdom. I have a new poetry book out called Alas the day, which is now available to buy on Amazon. Alas the day, my poem, is about oppression, ignorance and hate and the erosion of freedom of speech.
I have always enjoyed poetry and writing and music. I first began writing poetry around the age of ten years of age. I had a very good English teacher at my first school who was brilliant and encouraged me and truly inspired me. Having an inspiring English teacher really got me off to a good start. I now have thirty books of poetry written. This has taken me over four years of work. I find writing very therapeutic, and enjoy writing out in the countryside and I find great inspiration there, and in the people I meet. I especially love the coast, the coast in Dorset, the county I was born has a beautiful coastline, which is truly inspiring.
The majority of my poetry and writing I am aiming to write outdoors in future wherever I travel. I wrote my thirty books of poetry, some in the countryside and some at home. There is nothing better for inspiration than going for a walk through the fields and along the lakes and the rivers and streams, and anywhere in the countryside.
My favourite poets are John Clare, William Blake (who wrote the poem the Tyger), William Wordsworth, and Lord Byron, and Lord Tennyson. I especially love William Blake for his evocative style.
My favourite authors are Aldous Huxley, Hunter S Thompson, JRR Tolkien, William Golding, Bill Bryson who I love for his writing standard and especially his humour, and Stephen King, who I love for his incredibly skillful descriptive use of language, especially in the book Misery, where he so brilliantly describes an author being looked after, after a car crash, by “his biggest fan”, “his biggest fan” who turns out to be a psychotic lunatic.
I create albums using my lyrics and AI to create the vocals and music. I am not an artists but it is an interesting and enjoyable combination, but of course there is nothing better than watching real musicians play live music.
I hope this year to release my first novel.
Feedback is most welcome on my poetry and my writing. I look forward to hearing from you. It is a pleasure to meet you all.