A MYSTERY bard dubbed the ‘Banksy’ of the poetry world has struck again - in Barnsley.

Mane Hairdressing has become the latest salon to be singled out to receive poetry from Mark Jones, who has been likened to the graffiti artist Banksy for the anonymous way in which he works.

The poet has sent dozens of his poems, apparently at random, to salons across the UK, but although he signs them, his identity remains a mystery.

There are mentions of Mark Jones mystery poet all over the internet, but he has never come forward and no-one has ever been able to track him down.

Tom Taskell, who owns Mane Hairdressing, admits he was baffled by the hand-written poem when it was delivered to his salon in Shambles Street.

Read more in this weeks Barnsley Chronicle