According to Wikipedia, Tanka (短歌, “short poem”^?) is a genre of classical Japanese poetry and one of the major genres of Japanese literature.  Below you can read the 13th of my 2017 poems. 

The aim is to write as many of these poems as possible to build a comprehensive picture of life with a disability in 21^st century Britain. 

Nationwide coverage

For a man in my clothes

Fighting an illness

That never stands still

Ataxia is winning…

Click here to see me on Channel 4 News. I was interviewed for their No Go Britain feature which focussed on the lack of disabled facilities at British football grounds and the great work done by Wrexham AFC Disabled Supporters Association in putting Premier League clubs to  shame.