Description
‘At the heart of elegy is a yearning to communicate: to whistle to the dead and hear a whistle back. Colin McGuire’s collection bursts with this elegiac love, it’s a psychic phone call, a summoning, a casual chat, a whistle through time and space, reminding us that death cannot end the conversation.’ Caroline Bird
‘Ultraviolet is provocative, heartfelt, joyful and heartbreaking, memories and moments suspended in time like dust motes in sunlight.’ Carrie Marshall
‘Grief permeates Ultraviolet; it is a background hum that never quite fades away. But these poems are brimful of love, too. They celebrate what was and what remains. This is a vibrant collection, often surprising, always rewarding.’ Malachy Tallack
