The dead weight of beauty

Stuart Mckenzie

Paperback, 182 mm x 128 mm, 74 pp
Joan Publishing, December 2025

You don't have to remember us
but know that we were here -
the genius of light that shone
through the green and purple glass


These poems play out in part against the backdrop of the 1980’s and early 90’s, including glimpses into the hedonistic fashion industry of the time and teenage life in the North of England, where sexualities are challenged and identities forged amongst excursions into club culture, as a means of escape - a rite of passage of sorts.