Cloudfish

John McCullough was born in 1978 in Watford. He teaches creative writing at the University of Sussex and the Open University and has recently completed a D.Phil thesis on Shakespeare and friendship. He lives in Brighton.

• - Trospospheric- Spell- Known Light- The Loft Fire- Riding Back from Highbury- Reading Frank O'Hara on the Brighton Express- Cold Fusion- Sagging with Plums- Foucault's Spoons- On Galileo's Birthday- Sneakers- A Soupy June- My Bohemia- Downpour on St James St- Unbreaking a Stone- Something Fiercer- The Aquarium Party- Dragons- Coombeland- The Cloud Makers- Hyacinths- Motile- The Iceberg Marlene

' In these poems, pin-sharp insight is combined with surreal cameos of a flouncy, eccentric city where anything could happen - even the clouds are raiders 'stealing in from the Downs'.The backdrop is magnificent views of the sky and a sense of eavesdropping on the old gods hiding there. His writing is compelling and will do your spirit good.'Jackie Wills