Recital

John Siddique was born in 1964. His discovery of his local library when young began his life-long love affair with what words mean and how they sit together. He is the bestselling author of Recital — An Almanac, Poems From A Northern Soul, The Prize and now Full Blood. He is the co-author of the story/memoir Four Fathers. He has contributed poems, stories, essays and articles to many publications, including Granta, The Guardian, Poetry Review, and The Rialto.

• Recital: an almanacBeginYou’ve Got to Get in to Get OutBirch MoonOne New Year’s EveFacing YouIf You Want to Find MeThe OtherLabyrinthRowan MoonFebruary VersesUnintended LoyaltyAsh MoonRecitalDavidRed Line (He Loves Me)Alder MoonElegyWillow MoonSilenceMigratory PatternsHawthorne MoonKeeping OnOak MoonTradeInside1 ‘It is no use shouting’2 ‘There is no more time’3 ‘This is what you were born for’4 ‘Nobody knows why’Holly Moon – Scalpsie BayAccumulationsSummer Cycle1 The List2 Waking in the night3 Earth4 Creation myth5 Cold waterHazel MoonWithoutInvolutionPromisesAtterseeVine Moon – FireBeachcombingStanding There and HereA ChangeIvy MoonThe AtticMy FatherAutumn TreeYew MoonBonfire NightFilofaxWintering GeraniumsElder MoonAnnunciation of The VirginThe 52nd Week of the YearTo ReadingOther People’s ChildrenTree of the WorldThe All I See is Your FaceThe Death of Death

John Siddique's poetry takes the reader on a journey, crossing the border country between love and loss, he charts his family's untold stories. Interested in exploring opposite worlds and seeming contradictions, his poetry is a brilliant balancing act. Sometimes steamy, often moving, The Prize is a bold, brave book with a big, open heart.