Wheeze - by Marcus Whale (Paperback)

About the Book

Poems about ghostly possession, desire as a force and not a lack. It's Pazuzu from The Exorcist. It's the dark art of crushing, when the consuming thought of that distant other person enters you through the windpipe like a second body.

Book Synopsis

A wheeze is the sound air makes when it hits the constricted trachea, the sound of meat meeting air. wheeze is a collection of poems about the ghostly possession of the body. It's desire as a force and not a lack. It's Pazuzu from The Exorcist. It's compulsive journalling. It's the reading someone else's body language as a gothic form of divination. It's the dark art of crushing, when the consuming thought of that distant other person enters you through the windpipe like a second body.

Review Quotes

'Wry and darkly funny, Whale's second collection of poetry, is a glorious mash up of pop culture references, classic poetic rhythm and beautiful turns of phrase. It speaks both about the way our bodies can shape our identity, as well as the ways our bodies are shaped by external forces, our desires and the world. He describes wheeze as 'compulsive journaling' but this collection makes for compulsive reading, too.' - Lucy H (Bookseller, Better Read Than Dead)