David Conlin

I have (am still having) four+ careers, from Army officer (22 years), Diplomatic Service, social housing management to environmental activist, now in retirement but still doing German-English technical translations on wildlife, nature and the environment. Since 2020, sparked by the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic, I have written verses in English, and translated works by German poets and humourists.

Born as a WW II baby on the banks of the River Severn in Mid-Wales to Irish parents, I have been around the world, four continents with the British Army in peace and conflict, and have now lived continuously in Berlin since 1980, with a summer cottage on the River Elbe in North Bohemia. I have written verses since childhood. Brought up i.a., on the nonsense of Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll and Hilaire Belloc, I write nonsense rhymes for my youngest grandchildren.

My Books to date: Verses in my Prime I and II, The Corona Chronicles, 40 Winks Island, Chronicles Redux, All About Cats, All About Animals, Invasion of Ukraine I, Interpretations of German poets and humourists I, II and II, Dark, No Planet B, All at Sea, THIRTEEN and Rendezvous with Ringelnatz (so far) ...