Owen Bullock

Beginning with a childhood in and around depressed Cornish mining, Pancakes for Neptune is a detonation of neoliberal waste. Bullock understands that conservatism - whether in public or private realms - is, by definition, a protection racket. However, this collection is not an angry one. It sparkles with a rich lyrical and imagist vein, stirring us to dwell on this earth in relationship with others, with respect, rapture and exuberant interest. Owen Bullock's latest collection showcases his restless experimentalism as well as his sly, generous and quirky sense of fun.

In this new collection, Owen Bullock asks 'what constitutes work for someone who must play in order to create' It's a question addressed through formal contrast, aural unpredictability, and a genuine immersion of all the senses. Bullock combines prose and lineated poems with his love of language play, poems found in the fat air of conversation, and the contrasts that memory and experience conjure. With this is a genuine love of whimsy pushed to the absurd, and pushed again into poigniancy.