The Art of Timing

Derrick Porter grew up in Hoxton and began to write poetry from the age of thirteen. In his early forties he joined a Writing for Pleasure group tutored by the poet Ted Walter who suggested he send his poems to Envoi, and it was during the editorship of J C Meredith Scott that Porter’s poems began to appear alongside mainstream poets. In 2002 he joined the Poetry School where, under the guidance of Mimi Khalvati, he became part of the wider poetry scene. His poems have been published in Magma, Acumen, Interpreter House, he New Writer, Brittle Star, Poetry Review, The Long Poem Magazine, and in two anthologies: I Am Twenty People, and This Little Stretch of Life. He has also enjoyed success in a number of poetry competitions.