Knotsman

The Knotsman does not exist, you will not find him in history books or collections of 'bygone' skills. But Math Jones has created him, and his fellows, in a time very like the English Civil War. There he is, going from house to house, village to village, battlefield to gallows, unravelling knots and problems, physical, emotional and psychological; a new kind of cunning man, not always welcome, not always quite as clever as his fingers and picks would have him believe.

Math Jones currently lives in Worcestershire although he was born in London and lived in Oxford for many years. A pagan in the Old English and Norse tradition, he often writes poetry on the stories and in the metres of that tradition. He also writes more usual verses, performing throughout the Midlands and London. A bookseller for many years, he retrained in 2008 to be an actor, and has been acting professionally since then, as Math Sams. He has understudied a major role in a West End show. Math is the author of The Knotsman Math has published poems in Melpomene, Northern Traditions, Ripples, Decanto, Iota, Be, Hex, Ravenbred, Lina, The Wain, Withowinde, Kvasir, Pagan Dawn. Collections: Eaglespit (self-published) and Sabrina Bridge, (Black Pear Press) Previous poems with Arachne Press in anthologies The Other Side of Sleep; Dusk and Time & Tide