John Powls is a landscape poet with a considerable body of published and exhibited work who has long and frequent experience of performing this, including on television and radio.

His poetry is influenced by the Romantic tradition and has been inspired by Dartmoor, seascapes and his native North East of England with interesting diversions to London, Japanese gardens in England, the worlds of visual art and music - and Route 66!

In developing his work, John aims to innovate in realising his themes on the page - including with design - and in performance.

John often collaborates with visual and voice artists, musicians and other poets in multimedia projects and has worked regularly with Carol Ballenger over twenty-five years and with other colleagues in Arts Live for almost as long.

"John is a real poet with the real poet's inborn sensibilities."
Aeronwy Thomas-Ellis - poet; daughter and biographer of Dylan Thomas.

His website www.promiselandpoetry.co.uk covers his writing career over the years and current projects.