Snowmen are clowns
in sinister stasis.

While you sleep
they smother cats
and feast from bins.

At dawn
their paunches drip.

(from "The snowmen")

Head Traumas is the latest collection from the author of The Madness of the Bird King, a book described by acclaimed novelist Jeff Noon as "a brilliant piece of work".

This substantial collection contains poems, prose poems and pictures. It includes a revised version of The Madness of the Bird King, Mr Punch Dreams, nine Oneiroscope pieces (combining text and image), numerous 13-part prose poems, and more.