Full Blood

John's fourth full-length collection of poems for adults. Erotic, physical, completely open and fully engaged with the moral urgency of life, Siddique tackles his themes robustly and yet with great sensitivity, constantly defining and reimagining what it is to be a man in today's world, living fully in the moment.

‘John Siddique's new collection takes the reader down the street and round the world. This is a brave and a bold book of linked poems whose subjects range widely from love to hate, from war to peace, from childhood to adulthood, from the real world to the world of myth. Siddique is interested in everything. Tender and open-hearted, these poems are full of wonder at the power of love. Dreamy and yet direct, this is Siddique's most powerful collection yet.’
Jackie Kay - Poet Laureate of Scotland

'Technically virtuosic yet direct and sensual'
The Times Higher Educational

'Bold as love... Each word is to be savoured like a sip of forbidden wine.'
Bina Shah - New York Times Correspondent

‘In this beautiful new collection John Siddique seduces the reader with his life-affirming reflections on our mortality and a profoundly moving poetic interplay of tenderness, love and eroticism.’
Dr. Claire Chambers - Senior Lecturer in Global Literature, York University