Brighton Suite

[9781906309206]

The poetry of Mark Whelan dramatises intimacy and loss in a lyrical, sensual world whose landscape blurs and becomes incorporated into the play of the human body. This tender and heart-rending body of work traces love through a fascination with the visual world and exemplifies the poet's capacity of crystallising elusive emotions though delicately positioned images and the nuances of pacing and rhythm. Mark Whelan was awarded the prestigious James Clarence Mangan award in 2011 for Brighton Suite.