A John Wayne State of Mind: A Second Collection of Poetry

A John Wayne State of Mind is the second collection of poetry by the Anglo Welsh poet Ian Bailey who lives and works on Mizen Head West Cork. The collection of 41 poems with biographical footnotes were written over the past two years and many of the poems reflect the authors unique experiences on the course of 2019 when in his own words "was bonfired on a pyre of lies in Paris". While he waits further proceedings Ian Bailey continues to write and carve in a haggard near the shore. The cover photograph shows the author selling his first collection The West Cork Way at Skibbereen Saturday market, west Cork, where he has a stall each Saturday