This is how it works:

 

Poetry

You think that a poem (or a piece of prose) might serve your personal or commercial purposes…

• You email me at rhymeandlight@outlook.com with your enquiry
• We discuss subject matter, form, purpose, deadline and price
• I ask you for further information regarding the poem/prose
• I write the poem and send it to you electronically or in the post
• You pay me

 

Photography

You think that my photography might serve your personal or commercial purposes…

• You email me
• We discuss subject matter, purpose, deadline and price
• I take the photographs/s
• I send a watermarked version of the photograph/s electronically for your approval
• If approved I send you the photograph/s without watermark/s, electronically or in the post
• You pay me

 

Performance

You think that having a poet at your event would be amusing or interesting…

• You email me and we discuss the event and your requirements
• I read poetry at your event
• You pay me

 

Prices

• Small poems (limericks, quatrains, haiku, tiny rhymes) £20
• Longer poems/prose £40 to £60
• Complex, long poems/prose involving research £60 to £100
• Original photographs price to be agreed
• Performance (without writing a poem specific to the event) £50 plus travel costs
• Performance with commissioned poem £50 plus travel costs plus price of poem (see above)
• Projects not fitting the above specifics price to be agreed

 

Postage and packing (UK only)

Whilst I would prefer the transfer of my work to be electronic I can offer printing, postage and packing for £3.50 per item (one A5 photograph or three paper copies of a poem) and £1.50 for each additional item

(Postage and packing costs outside the UK by arrangement)

 

Other Matters

• Any work that you have commissioned becomes yours and will not be reproduced in the public domain without your permission
• Any work produced and not purchased remains my property, although if it is deemed to be of a confidential or sensitive nature it will not be reproduced in the public domain

 

Payment

By cheque or card to my business account

 

Any Questions?

Just email me at rhymeandlight@outlook.com