S P Clark

Excited for International Women’s Day?

On 8 March, S P Clark will revisit five of his poems celebrating women.

Join us as he honours the strength, beauty and resilience of women through poetry.

#InternationalWomensDay #IWD2024 #Poetry #CelebratingWomen

Sea Week 2026: A Look Back This week is Sea Week (28th February - 8th March) which is primarily an annual national celebration in New Zealand, but its message is truly global. S P Clark has decided to share three suitable poem...

Sea Week 2026 🌊

Waves. Shoreline. Tides.

S P Clark marks the week with a short blog and three poems shaped by the sea. These poems are taken from "Haiku".

Step closer: www.simonclarkwriter.com/post/sea-wee...

#SeaWeek2026 #SPClark #Poetry #OceanInspired

Sea Week 2026: A Look Back This week is Sea Week (28th February - 8th March) which is primarily and annual national celebration in New Zealand, but its message is truly global. S P Clark has decided to share three suitable poe...

Sea Week 2026 🌊

S P Clark shares a short blog and three sea inspired poems - waves, pebbles and shoreline calm.

A small pause by the water.

Read here: www.simonclarkwriter.com/post/sea-week-2026-a-look-back

#SeaWeek2026 #Poetry #SPClark

LGBT+ History Month: One Final Look Back As we close LGBT+ History Month UK, S P Clark takes a second look back at his poetry written around this theme. Here are 6 more pieces that you can enjoy! Don't forget that you can take a look at th...

LGBT+ History Month UK ends today - so here’s one last look back.

Six pieces from across the years, each rooted in identity, love and resilience.

Dive in here: www.simonclarkwriter.com/post/lgbt-hi...

#LGBTHistoryMonth #LGBTQUK #Poetry #QueerHistory

TWO NEW POEMS: Discrimination & Under Threat This LGBT+ History Month (U.K.) S P Clark is sharing 20 new poems to mark the 20th anniversary of this historic celebration of the LGBT+ community and its contribution to society. Each poem celebrates...

It's Stand Up To Bullying Day and LGBT+ History Month. I am resharing two poems, Discrimination and Under Threat, exploring solidarity in the face of hate and the humiliation.
www.simonclarkwriter.com/post/two-new-poems-discrimination-under-threat

#StandUpToBullyingDay #LGBTHistoryMonth #Poetry

New Poem: Filling the Emptiness This new poem has been written to coincide with Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2026, and it explores some of the challenges that S P Clark has faced along his journey. It deals with the subject dire...

Not every eating disorder looks fragile.
Some look successful.
Some look ordinary.
Some look like me.

Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2026.

I have put the truth into words.
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#NEDAW2026 #EatingDisorders #MentalHealthAwareness

New Poem: Filling the Emptiness This new poem has been written to coincide with Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2026, and it explores some of the challenges that S P Clark has faced along his journey. It deals with the subject dire...

This week is about what we do not say. Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2026. My new poem confronts the reality behind control, secrecy and the need to feel something.

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#NEDAW2026 #EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek2026 #MentalHealth

New Poem: Filling the Emptiness This new poem has been written to coincide with Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2026, and it explores some of the challenges that S P Clark has faced along his journey. It deals with the subject dire...

Eating disorders hide in plain sight.

For Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2026, I am sharing my poem Filling the Emptiness. An honest reflection on control, shame and silence.

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#NEDAW2026 #EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek2026 #MentalHealth #Poetry

Upcoming Release: I Dreamed... I Dreamed... Coming in 2026A striking and unflinching new poetry collection by S P Clark is set for release this year. I Dreamed… is not a book that sits quietly on the bedside table. It breathes, con...

“The mirror appears. It reflects nothing.”

This book is not about sleep. It is about recognition.

Stay close.
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Upcoming Release: I Dreamed... I Dreamed... Coming in 2026A striking and unflinching new poetry collection by S P Clark is set for release this year. I Dreamed… is not a book that sits quietly on the bedside table. It breathes, con...

What follows you into sleep?

I Dreamed… is a forthcoming poetry collection exploring fear, longing and the quiet act of survival.

Step into the night.
Read the feature article:
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Valentine's Day: A Look Back Over the years S P Clark has written poems around the theme of love, some of them to actually celebrate the day. Two of his collections (The Journey to Love, and Two Men, One Love) truly pay homage t...

Valentine’s Day was yesterday.

The emotions are not.

S P Clark revisits poems of jealousy, hidden love and desire.

One final Valentine’s share:
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Valentine's Day: A Look Back Over the years S P Clark has written poems around the theme of love, some of them to actually celebrate the day. Two of his collections (The Journey to Love, and Two Men, One Love) truly pay homage t...

This Valentine’s Day:

Valentine’s Day
The Hidden Valentine
Exquisitely Nurtured
Love

Four poems. Two collections. One theme.

S P Clark revisits love in all its forms, bitter, hidden, ecstatic and consuming.
www.simonclarkwriter.com/post/valenti...
#Poetry #LovePoems #ValentinesDay

Valentine's Day: A Look Back Over the years S P Clark has written poems around the theme of love, some of them to actually celebrate the day. Two of his collections (The Journey to Love, and Two Men, One Love) truly pay homage t...

Valentine’s Day without the clichés.

Loneliness. Hidden love. Desire. Devotion.

S P Clark revisits five bold poems that tell the truth about love.

Raw and unfiltered.
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Friday 13th: 4 Stories from Sixty To mark the day that holds superstitious beliefs for many (Friday 13th) S P Clark is sharing four stories from his book Sixty, which is a collection of sixty short stories, each exactly sixty words lo...

Friday 13th felt like the right day to share something dark.

Four very short stories from Sixty.
Sixty words each.
Unsettling, twisted and designed to linger.
www.simonclarkwriter.com/post/friday-13th-4-stories-from-sixty

Celebrating LGBT History Month: A Look Back February is LGBT History Month and I thought I would celebrate this important date by looking back at 6 pieces of my poetry around this theme. I hope you enjoy the trawl through the archives. Don't ...

LGBT History Month 🌈
Comfort is not the goal.
Silence never was neutral.

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Celebrating LGBT History Month: A Look Back February is LGBT History Month and I thought I would celebrate this important date by looking back at 6 pieces of my poetry around this theme. I hope you enjoy the trawl through the archives. Don't ...

LGBT History Month 🌈
Queer stories are not optional.
Six poems. No silence.
www.simonclarkwriter.com/post/celebra...

Celebrating LGBT History Month: A Look Back February is LGBT History Month and I thought I would celebrate this important date by looking back at 6 pieces of my poetry around this theme. I hope you enjoy the trawl through the archives. Don't ...

LGBT History Month 🌈
Six poems. Queer identity. Love, honesty and lived experience.

I’ve shared a short look back here: www.simonclarkwriter.com/post/celebra...

Celebrating LGBT History Month: A Look Back February is LGBT History Month and I thought I would celebrate this important date by looking back at 6 pieces of my poetry around this theme. I hope you enjoy the trawl through the archives. Don't ...

LGBT History Month 🌈
A short look back at six poems exploring queer identity and lived experience.
Read here: www.simonclarkwriter.com/post/celebra...

A Clearer Way In: Website Updates Over time, writing accumulates not just as individual books, but as a conversation that unfolds across years, forms and lived experience. As that conversation grows, it becomes important to offer read...

Read more about the website changes here!
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I've spent time refining my website, including the addition of a new FAQs page. The Bio page has also been refreshed. You’re warmly invited to take a look.

www.SimonClarkWriter.com

Ten Books, One Voice, and a Lot of Truth: The Work of S P Clark I never set out to write ‘a body of work’.I wrote because there were things sitting inside me that would not stay quiet any longer – things that did not fit neatly into conversation, small talk, or po...

Trauma. Love. Grief. Desire. Silence.

Ten books grew out of these words.
This article explains why.
👇
www.simonclarkwriter.com/post/ten-boo...

Ten Books, One Voice, and a Lot of Truth: The Work of S P Clark I never set out to write ‘a body of work’.I wrote because there were things sitting inside me that would not stay quiet any longer – things that did not fit neatly into conversation, small talk, or po...

Not a book list.
Not a promo post.

An honest piece about trauma, love, grief and the writing that came out of it.
Read here 👇
www.simonclarkwriter.com/post/ten-boo...

Ten Books, One Voice, and a Lot of Truth: The Work of S P Clark I never set out to write ‘a body of work’.I wrote because there were things sitting inside me that would not stay quiet any longer – things that did not fit neatly into conversation, small talk, or po...

I never set out to write a “body of work”.
These ten books came from telling the truth when silence stopped being an option.

Poetry, short fiction and a play — about trauma, love, grief, identity and survival.

Read the article 👇
www.simonclarkwriter.com/post/ten-boo...

Before World Kindness Day closes, S P Clark would like to share a new poem written especially for today that demonstrates the need for self-care whilst still managing to help those who require it.

Three Years Underneath Mister R.: A Poetry Collection Detailing Three Years of One Man's Journey with Sexual Assault Three Years Underneath Mister R.: A Poetry Collection Detailing Three Years of One Man's Journey with Sexual Assault : Clark, S P: Amazon.co.uk: Books

Men are raped.
Most stay silent.

Three Years Underneath Mister R — my story in poems.
Of silence, shame, and the slow return to life.

Out now. www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FV7LX5ZF

#ThreeYearsUnderneathMisterR #MaleRapeAwareness #MaleSurvivors #Poetry #HealingThroughWords

This poem from S P Clark continues his adventures with the sky. Inspired by recent emotions and a photograph taken earlier in the week (shown below). Enjoy The Sky Through Teary Eyes.

The sky has been my inspiration this past week x

After a difficult day the sky continued to inspire S P Clark. Here is a new poem titled Flamingo Sky, which came from the sky today (shown in photos) and memories of favourite artworks.

Men are raped. Most stay silent.

Three Years Underneath Mister R - poems that turn silence into speech and shame into survival.

Out now at www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FV7LX5ZF

#ThreeYearsUnderneathMisterR #MaleRapeAwareness #MaleSurvivors #Poetry #HealingThroughWords

Men get raped.
Most never speak.

Three Years Underneath Mister R - poems about the silence after, and the fight to live anyway.

Out now. www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FV7LX5ZF

#ThreeYearsUnderneathMisterR #MaleRapeAwareness #MaleSurvivors #Poetry #SurvivorPoetry #HealingThroughWords