POEMS WITH PICTURES AND MUSIC BACKING ... http://www.youtube.com/thehughwade

POEMS ON SOUNDCLOUD ... http://soundcloud.com/backshedman

Hugh performing at "Licorice Allsorts 2" ... Club 77, Sydney in early 2011

Live performance - BB's at Bondi Beach ... with musical accompaniment by Paul Jackson

The Café Village by the Sea and other poems

I have been writing poetry since 1976, when I first travelled outside Australia. No camera, mobile phone, laptop. Notebook.
In my late twenties, the need to write was initiated by the changes of the times and adventures out in the world.

It was the time of travelling with the girlfriend in the Kombi van bought in Amsterdam, before setting off on the big travel plan..

The  plan was to drive through Europe to sunny Spain, then to Morocco and across the top of north Africa, back to Wales via Italy, Croatia etc etc .
We of course got as far as Morocco before the money ran out and we hightailed it back through the centre of Spain and landed in Cardiff after 3 months.

But that's another story!

In 2009 I organised and published my first collection of poems as a small booklet and Audio CD of my interpretations of how the poems can be read.

Each poem is accompanied by a musical bed composed and performed by Denny Ball and David Chambers.

You can read all about the collection, and hear some samples by clicking on the link below.

The Café Village by the Sea and other poems

You can also read the poems from the dropdown menu at the top of this website.

A new collection is being prepared for publication. It contains some new poems inspired by my  Berlin summer of 2008, as well as some older gems.

Watch out for their appearance soon.