POETRY MONTH: Caviar by Sarah Fletcher
intellectual poems that don’t become impersonal
intellectual poems that don’t become impersonal
objectively brilliant, yes, but not not not so good for me?
Today we’re (I’m) looking at another poetry magazine. I’m not quite sure if this one is a magazine or ifContinue Reading
incredibly good popular poetry from Beyoncé’s collaborator
powerful, direct, dignified poems
poetry cannot exist outside of the world
some old vids of *your* favourite mentally ill poet-blogger
some great love poetry surrounded by trepidatious discussion of someone else’s illness
realising i read poetry looking for poets, not poems
a partial reading from 4/5 years ago, previously unpublished
while we seek relief in schadenfreude over self-esteem, the world will never be fixed
exceptional omnibus from NY publisher Tender Buttons
poetry by a then dying, now dead, young poet
brief comments on a collection of kwansabas
a great, new, collection of short poems about love ‘n’ sex
short review of a wonderful poetry collection
Scott Manley Hadley launches Bad Boy Poet.
Reviewed by Karina Bush
Review by L. Tumbleweed Parker. CW: ableist language
find out what poetry i like and why i write about poopoo
political poetry: what is it good for?
chapbook review that turns into me recounting my entire relationship with sex
Scott Manley Hadley on the poetry scene
v good poems tho a v poor blog post
more tasty contemporary poetry
love love love love love love love
is “good” poetry bad and “bad” poetry “good”?
poetry review PLUS why I am now a poet
Great poems from an EU Prize winner; the peripatetic blogger continues to splinter
Angry poetry from the badlands of the East Midlands.
A British woman considers the life of her Rwandan husband and his country.
Poems about sad, lonely, englishmen
A book that describes itself as “Ian Fleming meets Rimbaud”
Max Porter Works In Publishing
Another book of poetry from up-and-coming indie publisher Morbid Books.
because white men can’t / police their imagination / black men are dying
I met a stranger off the internet and he gave it to me.
A lot of people don’t read poetry. A lot of people who read a lot of books, don’t read poetry. AContinue Reading
A few months ago I read Anne Carson’s recent, (rightfully) acclaimed Red Doc>, a narrative collection of poems about G,Continue Reading
It’s been a while since I’ve read any poetry. Life, I find, often gets in the way. Life, which isn’tContinue Reading
More poetry. Shit! I’m getting versification. Selima Hill’s Violet is a poetry collection containing two sets of poems, both of which hadContinue Reading
I read Sharon Olds’ lauded Stag’s Leap last Summer and though I loved the idea and the poetry of her verseContinue Reading
Emma Jones’ debut collection, The Striped World, is an evocative and image-fuelled foray into contemporary America, sunken wrecks of transportation shipsContinue Reading
Pacale Petit’s fifth poetry collection, What The Water Gave Me, is a verse biography of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. EachContinue Reading
Warsan Shire was born the same year I was, 1988, so reading this excellent collection of intelligent, though-provoking and matureContinue Reading
Today I have made a fantastic discovery: if you stay sober, it is possible to read and enjoy poetry afterContinue Reading