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Ronnie Goodyer editor of Poetry at Laterlife
 Ronnie Goodyer has had hundreds of poems, sketches and
articles published, including several as Featured Poet,
plus appearances in galleries and exhibitions. He is
prominent in the current small press
poetry scene and
editor of long-running monthly poetry magazine
Reach and
quarterly, and spiritual literary magazine The Dawntreader.
Ronnie’s poetry has been selected for
numerous anthologies, including Peace In Our Time for
the Red Cross; Dancing Through The Pain (plus sketches)
and Off The Wall for MIND; Flowers On A Shoestring for
the ONE-TO-ONE Children's Fund; Review of Contemporary
Poetry for The Stroke Association; Earth Love for
Conservation charities; Pulling Funny Faces at the Dog
for NSPCC; People’s Poet book of Book of Muddy Paws for
animal sanctuaries; and Listening To The Birth of
Crystals in aid of deaf children (he also designed the
cover for this). He has been Poetry Editor of over 20
anthologies including boho women peeling oranges,
bluechrome anthology 2004 and 2005 and bringing it all
back home for Bluechrome and A Sporting Chance for Youth
Sports UK.
Ronnie also appeared alongside classic poets
from the past in the Poetry on the Buses project, his
poem on public transport, posters and the resulting
book.
Among his awards and accolades are Robooth
Publications Open Poet Of The Year 2001; four-times
winner of the Eclipse Poetry magazine readers’ choice;
winner of 'Flora Day' poetry competition 2002;
bluechrome publishing Poet Of The Year 2003; and
inaugural Coffee House Poetry competition. He was chosen
by Cornwall County Council as poetry representative for
the ‘Writing Doctor’s Surgery’ at the 6th Cornwall Book
Festival 2004 and his poetry was displayed in the
Visiting Dartmoor Exhibition by Dartmoor National Parks
Authority. Solo collections include Within The Silence,
Indigo Dreams, Lizard Reality and New Words From An Old
Hat.
 One reviewer wrote the following
as part of her review of New Words From An Old
Hat.
‘a poet needs shadows as
friends…………….’
The beauty, as St. Augustine has
opined before me, is all the more enriched by the existence of
the shadows and in Goodyer we have a poet brave enough to
explore both – the old and the new, the shadows and the light.
Jan Fortune-Wood, Cinnamon Press, Editor: Envoi
Out now, 76 pages, £5.50
ISBN 13 978-0-9553589-0-6
Indigo Dreams Press, 8, Reynolds Court, Hildersley,
Ross-on-Wye, HR9 7NE
email: indigodreamspress@tiscali.co.uk
Owing to Ronnie's health, he now lives in Sheltered Housing
in Ross-on Wye, Glos, in the beautiful Wye Valley,with his constant companion and
outdoor shadow, rescue Border Collie, Soxx. He is an
experienced and popular poetry competition adjudicator
and accomplished digital artist, with many book covers
and book illustrations in his portfolio.
These are some
of the comments others have written about him: Poetry what it is and what it should be. Ronnie will go
down as the poet who, at the turn of the century,
brought a wider perspective of poetry to everyone. Long
may he reign! Joseph Hemmings: Dial 174 magazine Walking through his poetic landscapes is like
discovering a new set of senses. Les Merton: Editor:
Poetry Cornwall Goodyer’s poetry has a wonderfully unexpected quality to
it, and is full of excellent, painterly images. Deborah
Tyler-Bennett: Editor: The Coffee House Reading Ronnie’s poetry is like holding your tired hand
in a stream of clean water and just letting it flow over
you, feeling every drop of his profound insight. Peter
Tomlinson: Author and Poet He is so vital to what is happening in poetry today and
my thanks to him for giving the women a platform. Indigo
Dreams is now one of my all time favourite poetry books
and believe me I own a LOT of poetry books. The
expression and the emotion in his poetry just take my
breath away.
Eileen Carney Hulme: Poet, Reviewer.
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