Richard was shortlisted for the National Poetry Competition 2011 and his first full collection of poems ‘The Strangest Thankyou’ was published by Cultured Llama in 2012. Previously Editor of the poetry e-zine Symmetry Pebbles, Richard is now the Creative Writing Editor for Tribe. He’s currently seeking publication for his second collection ‘Zygote Poems’ which traces the journey and mindset of new fatherhood with effects of mental health issues, from which the following poems are taken from.