This new incandescent specially extended edition is a curated and collected volume of Anti War and Conflict Poetry that also includes a selection of brand new poems published here and exclusively for the first time.
Also featured with grateful thanks is a special lyrical prologue and epilogue written by Dave Brock the founder of the band Hawkwind and an Intermission sequence from the rock band Saxon with the words of Biff Byford
War by its nature is visual, brutal and shocking and the poetry ranges from tangental obliqueness to being hauntingly and uncomfortably detailed and hopefully will give the reader a more meditative or contemplative reflective understanding of just how fragile humanity is and always has been.
Other books by John Paul Kirkham
John Paul Kirkham is a poet, photographer and writer living in the City of Liverpool and is the author of over twenty books and collaborations including four volumes of poetry "In Violet", "Zig Zag Road", "Afterglow of Zephyrs", "Rebel Hearts" (coming in 2023) and the the autobiography "I Saw Her Standing There" and is the official biographer of two Italian saints - Clare of Assisi and Gemma Galgani of Lucca. John Paul studied in the 1970's at the John Laird School of Art in Merseyside leading to a long career as a photographer firstly in forensics (yes the scary stuff of "Silent Witness") then general press, running a studio, advertising, documentary film making and managing Britains largest private photographic and film archive.
John Paul notably spent twelve years on Kensington Palace's royal photographic rota with HRH Diana - Princess of Wales and over the years has featured on television, radio and as a real life character in Blake Morrisons book of stories "Too True"
If you would like to know more and to access the poetry, photographs and books, please visit www.johnpaulkirkham.co.uk
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