Dave has been a stand-up comedian, a dry stone waller, a singer, a civil servant, a playwright, a pub manager and a podcaster. Currently, he is a poet, an actor and a conversational English tutor. He's a busy lad.
Books
Selected work
Butterflies Everywhere
Coverstory Books - Ian Gouge, Publisher, 2026
Dollface; The Poetry Lighthouse
The Poetry Lighthouse, 2026
Welcome To The Starbeck Orion Summer Feast Of Poetry And Artwork Day Fifteen featuring the work of Dave Kurley
substack, 2025
Sixty-Odd Poets - No. 75
Sixty-Odd Poets, 2025
Poet's Estate - Grim zine
Sally Anderson Art, 2025
Cold
Glass Gates, 2025
WFH - “New Contexts: 7” – an anthology
Cover Story Books, 2025
Dizzy Heights
Chewboy Productions, 2024
The Next Big Wave, Cakewalk, Magic
HAUS-A-REST, 2024
Storm
Glass Gates, 2024
Heatwave
Glass Gates, 2024
The Cake
Glass Gates, 2024
Drooly Backwash
Peakrill Press, 2023
On The Other Side
Glass Gates, 2023
Plenty More Pebbles on the Beach, Therapeutic Irises, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Crematorium, Bright Corner, Pedalo
erbacce-press, 2022
Satsuma
A Swift Exit, 2016