Poolside Poetry

Poolside Poetry was written on the beautiful island of Cyprus.

It contains a wide variety of observational and humour-laden poems, like the ones about Helios, the God-like pool attendant, with striking Greek looks and very small... brain.

There’s verse about the suffocating heat and shenanigans around the pool and inside the hotel bar. There’s the visit to the Flea Market, and just across the sea, reflective poetry about the war that raged between Israel and Lebanon at the time.

Poolside Poetry attempts to peel away the different layers of Cyprus's personality and bring it to life. It's a beautiful country with a lot going on, but above all else, the book describes the daily torment and struggle of what it is to be Scottish, pale, and living under a 100 degree sun.

Poolside Poetry is the first in a series of two chapbooks.