Patrick McManus -Survivor poet performer and facilitator- once long ago an architect - lives in Raynes Park with his partner Janet and two cats Asher and VB- Vile Boris - writing performing poetry came as a late surprise - his books 'Delusion of Grandeur' 'Cement and Water' Phantom Rooster Press 'On the Dig' Frisky Moll Press also included in other anthologies to his delight particularly 'Beyond Bedlam' and 'Under The Asylum Tree' and Magma Poetry-