Told Telt

A collection of poetry and lyrics from the composer known as Calactus.

From the last twenty years, here, for the first time, is a body of poetry from the artist known as Calactus. From romantic poetry, to dreams translated into Surrealist writing, to everyday reflections; Calactus includes all of his pondering upon the bizarre to the wonderful in this collection. Lyrics from the extensive output of the band Calactus covering the genres of alternative rock, ambient, experimental and electronica; is covered here, pushing the boundaries of traditional song writing.

Alan John McIlveen was born in Barrow-in-furness in 1969. He has been producing music, animation, poetry, photography and graphics, under the guise of Calactus, for the last four years. He originally studied Fine Art at Humberside Polytechnic in Hull, UK and graduated in 1991. He currently lives and works in Northamptonshire teaching art at a secondary school.