My two main spheres of writing so far have been poetry and travelogues. I have been writing poetry for about 18 years, with influences as diverse as John Donne and Spike Milligan. I am usually inspired to write about something that has just happened to me that has made me laugh, cry or ponder the nature of the universe. I also like to give my own take on people from history (often artists) by writing a poem about some major event in their lives.