I was born and lived in Dublin's inner city centre in 1979... My nanny "Flo" was from Coventry. She was separated from her family during the war in the 40's and was moved
to Ireland. She was an inspiring woman. She died of cancer
several years ago. I owe most of my writing pas-sions to her.
I attended numerous schools as my family moved a
couple of times, never had a problem ad-justing to new surroundings or making new friends. Teachers hated me as I was always
too cheeky and still I knew the answers to all their questions. I was top of my class in every school I attended even though
the teachers made my life hell, with detentions and so forth...
(For being contradictory to the cirriculum..mostly..especially
in English Studies and being very loquacious).
Even though all my teachers failing me in my mock
exams for the main Irish Education Certificates, I achieved one of the best results in the school. Despite being hung-over
for several of the exams and I enjoyed proving them all wrong and have learned to be fluent
in three languages and more than capable in five others..
I have been working in the construction industry for 10 years as floor layer. Mostly raised access floors and have travelled all over Ireland with this job.
Met
loads of interesting cha-racters from all walks of life, along the way.
I married too young and am separated over two years
now. (Nuf sed). I am an avid poker player and have won several tournaments, on line and live mostly. I came 6th in the 1st ever Victor Chandler Irish
pub tour. Almost qualified for the big tournament in England (Always next year)...
Recently I purchased a laptop, got a phone line
and began exploring the net...
My writing has come on leaps and bounds since then.
I mostly just wrote in old copies and never gave it much thought until my laptop and since I discovered the web. I’ve
been published in many anthologies. Received several awards for my work. I came third in an Irish writing competition, run
by a well known radio station in Dublin.
I have a print on demand contract with an online publisher and my book of 50 poems "Radiant Lightning", is available for mail order, click
link below:
http://www.lulu.com/warrenz79
You can find out a little more about me here...
I am currently working
on my new book "Refract Reflection”. It includes another vast quantity of my work and a section dedicated to my poet friends from
all over the world. I hope to have it ready for print soon...
