Irreverent, often funny and always surprising, On the Cusp of Greatness is Mark Waddells first collection of poetry - filled with lively, spiky writing that seems to have just walked off the stage, accompanied by the authors own hare-brained illustrations. Sticking two mischievous fingers up to power and the way things are supposed to be, Mark tackles space travel and sellotape with a motion of his pen, arctic blizzards and suicidal possums with another, whilst generally waving the flag for pleasure and all that is good in the world. Readers will learn of the redemptive power of flight, why...