These exuberant poems welcome you into a psychedelic, parallel world of vomit and blossom where Kate Bush mingles with a weeping Lady Gaga, a fractal coast full of see-through things: water, mirrors, glass pebbles. With a magpie s eye for hidden charms, McCullough ranges across birdlife, Grindr and My Little Pony while also addressing social issues from homelessness to homophobia.
Shortlisted for the Costa 2019 Poetry Award.
Surreal, joyful, political and queer, Reckless Paper Birds is a collection to treasure by Polari Prize-winning poet John McCullough.
