After working and travelling for a number of years, Mark returned to university and completed a Ph.D in 1989 in English literature, and taught for six years at Monash university, in Melbourne. Since then, Mark has taught adult-educations courses in literature, philosophy and religion. Since retiring from teaching Mark has been writing and publishing poetry and essays in magazines and journals (such as The Raintown Review), both in print and on-line. Mark has recently published a chapbook of poems (MM publications, N.Y.) And recently he has had a total of six poems in three poetry anthologies, published by William Roetzheim.