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April 27, 2026
Strider Marcus Jones

Strider Marcus Jones

Strider Marcus Jones is a poet, law graduate and ex-civil servant from Salford, England with proud Celtic roots in Ireland and Wales. A member of The Poetry Society, his five published books of poetry reveal a maverick, moving between cities, playing his saxophone in smoky rooms.

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About Strider Marcus Jones

Strider Marcus Jones is a poet, law graduate and ex-civil servant from Salford, England with proud Celtic roots in Ireland and Wales. A member of The Poetry Society, his five published books of poetry reveal a maverick, moving between cities, playing his saxophone in smoky rooms.

His poetry has been published in the USA, Canada, England, Ireland, Wales, France, Spain, India and Switzerland in numerous publications including Deep Water Literary Journal; The Huffington Post USA; The Stray Branch Literary Magazine; Crack The Spine Literary Magazine; The Honest Ulsterman Magazine; The Lonely Crowd Magazine; Danse Macabre Literary Magazine; The Lampeter Review; Don't Be Afraid: Anthology To Seamus Heaney and Panoplyzine Poetry Magazine.

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  • The Dance

    Strider Marcus Jones is a poet, law graduate and ex-civil servant from Salford, England with proud Celtic roots in Ireland and Wales. A member of The Poetry Society, his five published books of poetry reveal a maverick, moving between cities, playing his saxophone in smoky rooms.

  • Childhood Fires

    "...dad cooking neck end stew thick with potato dumplings and herbs..."

  • Convict Chains

    "...sucked back five thousand years..."

  • Children of the Revolution

    "...you don't have the right to repeal my name..."

  • Pyramid Prison

    "...warp the altar of natural laws..."

  • Does Her Far Beauty Know

    "...unlike bare rooms we rent to leave behind..."

  • The Portal in the Woods

    "...Reconnecting rhythms In living and dead..."

  • Dark Drawn Man

    "...tricks of prussian blue and cadmium red..."

  • Clouds of Chaotic Crowds

    "...with voices that pretend To be a different friend..."

  • Cubist Ghettos

    "...Flashing flamingo legs To pink paradise harlem heads..."