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| Frostbitten (Paperback - New) |
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Full blurb:
The epic rites workers in blood chapbook series showcases work by artists whose medium is blood. Frostbitten by Mark Walton is the first entry in the series. Mark does not merely write with blood, he wields his pen like a scalpel - marbling away fat and dead tissue with economy and precision. Frostbitten is not merely a collection of poetry, it's the literary equivalent of open heart surgery.
A percentage of all book profits will be donated by epic rites press on behalf of Mark Walton to the Terrence Higgins Trust, a charitable organization that helps those affected by HIV/AIDS.
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First page first lines:
From ‘Results’
I was supposed to meet you there.
Joint appointments,
news shared.
But arriving early
through the late afternoon
traffic noise,
I give my name,
take a number
and find a place
amongst the assorted
shamefaced, nervous
cocky, boys.
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Category: Poetry collection
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Author: Mark Walton
Mark Walton, winner of the 2008 London Slam! Championship, lives and performs in London, England. Frostbitten is Mark’s debut volume of poetry. Mark inhabits the backwaters and the in-between places. He writes in order to share the realities of the life he lives, feels, dreams and observes. In doing so he seeks to shine a light into the darker recesses, to celebrate the magic of the ordinary and to bring the marginal and the oblique into plain view.
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Publisher: epic rites press
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Reviews:
“Mark Walton's poems fizzle with energy and capture the modern gay experience in all its many guises.” - Paul Burston, Time Out London
“I found Frostbitten lucid, harrowing and compelling. It's a cogent and passionate first collection shot through with hard-won self-knowledge”.- Paul Magrs, novelist
“Mark Walton writes in his poem Plural Possessive, "We eat slivers of exquisite rarities," and that's exactly what these poems are themselves. [Mark's] outstanding craftsmanship is obvious, but it's his emotional release that will floor you… there couldn't be a more flawless collection of poems in our hands.” - Rob Plath, poet/editor
“Sad, heroic, astonishing in its clear voiced honesty, Walton's work alternates between post-Punk and neo-Modernism. A razor sharp edge to each line, Walton will astonish you and, ultimately, surprise you as his work draws you deep into a world most people are either unaware, or uncomfortable to visit.” - Jack Henry, publisher of Heroin Love Songs Journal.
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| Book code: BTD024 |
| Price: GBP £ 6.50 |
| USD $ 10.00 |
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