These Days

The Darkness

The Orb-servatory

Alcohol

Thinking

I Drink To

Born in 1970 and raised in Swinton, Rotherham by his parents Nigel and Pat, Nigel had a happy childhood. He attended Swinton Comprehensive School where he left with 10 O-levels to work in scientific research engineering until his breakdown in 1998. He now lives by the river in the village of Bolton -on-Dearne, Barnsley. Now studying with the Open University towards an honours degree in Arts, he divides his time between his passions of archery, mountain biking, motorcycles and his faithful German Shepherd Toby. He is currently working on his fifth book "Terms of Engagement".

Nige recorded these poems as part of The Spaces Between Project with Creative Recovery in 2017.

Nigel Shaun Downing

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