John Hilton

John Hilton is a Bath based middle aged poet and author. He lived in Bristol until late 2020. He has published many volumes of poetry, two novels and four collections of short stories and several other books.

He creates constantly in various media. As well as poetry, he writes stories, paints, takes photographs and even tries to create music. He is a man of many moods and has a rather disturbing and persistent obsession with Hamlet’s “To be or not to be” soliloquy”.

He is currently updating his entire bibliography.

The following books have already been updated.

Poems 1993-2015

Words on Paper

Silence of the Written Word

Words as Sounds (#)

Words for the Passing of Time

Significance

The Using of Words

The Further Usage of Words (#)

Words (2016-2020)

Hearts Like Distant Stars

Between Mask and Face

If You Listen Carefully You Can Hear My Blood

Person You Can Love

Voices

Thought (2020-2025)

(#) The Kindle editions of Words on Paper and Silence of the Written Word have been updated. A new book, Words as Sounds replaces these two book in paperback and is also available on Kindle. The paperbacks of The Using of Words and Significance have been replaced by a combined book entitled The Further Usage of Words.

I am also at work on a volume of new poetry that might be ready towards the end of the year, but there is still a lot of work to be done.

Available in paperback and on Kindle

[poetry]

Words on Paper {**}

Words for the Passing of Time {**}

Words as Sounds

Significance {**}

The Using of Words {**}

The Further Usage of Words

Hearts Like Distant Stars

Between Mask and Face

If You Listen Carefully You Can Hear My Blood

Person You Can Love

Voices

Hiding Places [*]

Poems (1993-2015)

Words (2016-2020)

Thought (2020-2025)

Strange People

Narrator as Witness: Narrative Poems

Selected Poems 1993 to 2025

[prose fiction]

Spinning and Telling {**}

Tales

That is the Question [novel]

Further Tales

Fresh Tales

Tales of a Possible Future [novel]

More Tales

[plus]

Trust and Love [essays & prayers]

Listening for the Voice [essays & prayers]

The Stars and I [SF writings]

As Long as There is Love [romantic writings]

Poems of Sara Teasdale {*}

On the Road to Liberty by J Bruce Glasier {*}

Theatre [plays] [*]

{*} editor [*] - in preparation {**} - Kindle Only