Chris Armstrong
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Location | Aberystwyth, Wales, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | I became a poet following a life during which I travelled the world as a deck officer in the Merchant Navy, worked on the farm where I now live, and then re-invented myself as an information scientist, working for Aberystwyth University and then for my own company. Born in Sussex, I moved to Swansea and, following time at sea and my marriage, have lived in the same farm cottage in mid Wales for the last 50 years. I would describe myself as a traveller - regularly travelling overseas and within the UK, regularly exploring life. This varied background undoubtedly contributes to my poems, which have been described as "[having] a directness, honesty and crispness of diction which enables the poet to communicate the most raw of experiences with a degree of sureness restraint and power" - Mostly Welsh is a collection rooted in the Anglo-Welsh tradition, although readers may also notice other influences. There are poems of place, but perhaps the strength of the collection lies in its series of powerful poems dealing with love and loss, and with time and memory. I am currently working on a second collection of poems and have published my first work of fiction, The Dark Trilogy (Sept 2022). |