Twenty Love Poems & A Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda
it’s not love if u pretend they don’t shit
Tag: poetry review
Passivity, Electricity, Acclivity by Ella Frears
good, serious, accessible poems
Sunshine by Melissa Lee-Houghton
this is impressive, i am depressive
There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé by Morgan Parker
v good poems tho a v poor blog post
Who Is Mary Sue? by Sophie Collins
more tasty contemporary poetry
Pamper Me To Hell & Back by Hera Lindsay Bird
love love love love love love love
Being With Me Will Help You Learn by Thomas McColl
slowly, book by book, i realise what i like
The Foreign Passion / La Pasión Extranjera by Cristian Aliaga
very very good Argentine poems
The Fat Black Woman’s Poems by Grace Nichols
finally some really bloody good poems
The Commons by Stephen Collis
why are poets so obsessed with outside?
The Observances by Kate Miller
is “good” poetry bad and “bad” poetry “good”?
Nearly 30 by Joe Woodhouse
bienvenido a la triumphofthenow.com poetry season 2018
Street Epistles by Faruk Šehić
Great poems from an EU Prize winner; the peripatetic blogger continues to splinter
The Best of A Bad Situation by Jamie Thrasivoulou
Angry poetry from the badlands of the East Midlands.
The Human Condition Is A Terminal Illness by Matthew J. Hall
Poems about sad, lonely, englishmen
Extravagant Stranger: A Memoir by Daniel Roy Connelly
A book that describes itself as “Ian Fleming meets Rimbaud”
Tres by Roberto Bolaño
A glimmer of hope: I am almost able to read in Spanish.
Suicide Notes by Lewis Parker
Another book of poetry from up-and-coming indie publisher Morbid Books.
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
because white men can’t / police their imagination / black men are dying
100 Haikus about Haemorrhoid Cream by Lewis Parker & Friends
I met a stranger off the internet and he gave it to me.
Yesenin: The Selected by Sergei Yesenin
Recently, I’ve been trying to cut down the massive piles of unread books in my house. By reading them, notContinue Reading
Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson
A few months ago I read Anne Carson’s recent, (rightfully) acclaimed Red Doc>, a narrative collection of poems about G,Continue Reading
Red Doc> by Anne Carson
It’s been a while since I’ve read any poetry. Life, I find, often gets in the way. Life, which isn’tContinue Reading
Penguin Modern Poets 25
Other than having an excellent cover, this 1975 collection of poems by Gavin Ewart, Zulfikar Ghose and B. S. JohnsonContinue Reading
The Poems of Wilfred Owen
In a few weeks, I am driving my father to Paris for a couple of days, and on the wayContinue Reading
Selected Poems of Malcolm Lowry
Malcolm Lowry, that old favourite of mine… That depressed, alcoholic, international man destroyed by his own inability to deal with theContinue Reading
Violet by Selima Hill
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
Poems Two by B. S. Johnson
I love B. S. Johnson. He is one of my favourite writers. The Unfortunates I have read more than once andContinue Reading
The Father by Sharon Olds
I read Sharon Olds’ lauded Stag’s Leap last Summer and though I loved the idea and the poetry of her verseContinue Reading
Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes
Wow. I just finished reading this long collection of themed poems, and found it pretty impressive. Birthday Letters, Ted Hughes’Continue Reading
77 Dream Songs by John Berryman
I’m reading less because I’m busy, yeah, I have a life and whatever. Today I read 77 Dream Songs by JohnContinue Reading
Of Mutability, Sad and Sand: Me Reading Jo Shapcott in the Sahara Desert as I Really Start To Feel The Loss Of The Anti-Depressants
I’m pretty certain, as I write this on the minibus back to Marrakech, that I have sand inside my anus.Continue Reading
Exploring Fes, Grappling With John Ashbery’s Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror
I’ve tried recreation, Reading until late at night, train rides And romance. from ‘Worsening Situation’ by John Ashbery As IContinue Reading
Poems by B. S. Johnson
When asked his occupation, or for any kind of self-identification, B. S. Johnson would reply that he was a “poet”.Continue Reading
The Striped World by Emma Jones
Emma Jones’ debut collection, The Striped World, is an evocative and image-fuelled foray into contemporary America, sunken wrecks of transportation shipsContinue Reading
Angle of Yaw by Ben Lerner
Ben Lerner’s recently published first novel, Leaving the Atocha Station, is a great read I’ve recommended to several people (ReviewContinue Reading
Teaching My Mother How To Give Birth by Warsan Shire
Warsan Shire was born the same year I was, 1988, so reading this excellent collection of intelligent, though-provoking and matureContinue Reading
Alien vs. Predator by Michael Robbins
Today I have made a fantastic discovery: if you stay sober, it is possible to read and enjoy poetry afterContinue Reading
Nil Nil by Don Paterson
That’s right, more poetry. I’ve gone poetry mad. I’ve got at least two more poetry books on my shelf andContinue Reading
Ariel by Sylvia Plath
I will be the first to admit that I’m not an expert on poetry. That I don’t read enough poetry.Continue Reading
Triumph Of The Now 