Tom is the Black Country’s answer to Tim Minchin. Now if you don’t like Minchin I accept that is faint praise .But I do- and I like Tom’s work very much. Tom is a membrer of Lichfield Poets, Tim Minchin isn’t….yet

The venue was The Lych Gate Tavern in Wolverhampton city centre,courtesy of Poets , prattlers and pandemonialists, unsurprisingly he has been asked to return on Tuesday 12th August at 7.30pm  with City Voices

Tom is a dad. To prove it he brought his two children and their mother along. His youngest (child, not mother) slept through the entire performance.

Lots of us in the audience were dads ( and grandads)- his poems instantly struck a chord with us all. Why is there no manual? How are you supposed to keep a child alive with no previous experience? At least before you buy a dog there are some kennel club checks.

The ability of children to ask profound questions which would test Aristotle or Descartes at bedtime is known to us all. Descartes would have said that he would cover Cartesian Doubt tomorrow. Tom feels duty bound to answer it on the spot.

Tom’s easy, laconic style is a joy, the wordplay which underpins the delivery outstanding. Catch him while you can