TJ grew up in the Upper Hunter Valley township of Muswellbrook. A happy childhood. Boarding in Sydney through high school TJ was sexually abused by a paedophile teacher. And survived. After Honours in Plant Cell Biology at The University of Sydney a PhD and then traveled to Manchester. Returning to Sydney to transact unfinished business TJ was fortunate to guest twice for Radio National and author 42 scientific papers before turning to Poetry.
The poems herein are a mix of autobiography, natural disaster-proneness and more. Some relatively cheerful!