My poem ‘Aquarium‘ has been highly commended in the Manchester Cathedral Poetry Prize. The 2023 prize, on the theme of ‘A Truth’ was judged by poet in residence Tom Branfoot, poets Charlotte Shevchenko Knight and Maryam Hessavi, and Dean Rogers Govender.

‘Aquarium’ explores how it felt to live in Manchester in the wake of the Arena bombings in 2017.