Calling me unearthly shows how small your world is Honorifics by Cynthia Miller Honorifics published by Nine Arches Press is a collection of exciting poetry with themes of cultural identity, immigration and home. There’s a poignancy in the poems that write about memory and loss. The backdrop of these poems spans countries, as well as … Continue reading Book Review. Honorifics by Cynthia Miller
You Were Married When I Met You is a collection of poetry about one person’s experiences of being ‘The other woman’ which I find is rarely spoken about because of the shame and the vitriol that the other woman is subjected to in popular culture and society. As Rebecca Rijsdijk says in her introduction, ‘‘The … Continue reading Book Review. You Were Married When I Met You by Rebecca Rijsdijk
Hi all. Hope you are well. This week I have been typing up the contents of 3 different notebooks. Poems I have written in the past 5 years. You know sometimes you write in a notebook and then shelf the notebook and never look at it again? So when you do, eventually open that notebook, … Continue reading Progress Report
Sober on a Drunk Planet is a book about sobriety. It writes about the health benefits of quitting alcohol, reassessing relationships and the culture of alcohol, especially in the UK. It reflects on the (fantastic) benefits of sobriety: the money you save and hangovers you no longer suffer from. I appreciated reading Sean Alexander’s point … Continue reading Book Review. Sober on a Drunk Planet by Sean Alexander.
The first poems in Pandemonium write about depression and suicide. In the second, we walk along the pavement past metrolinks, workmen changing into their hi-vis on the kerb ‘on the floor the hatched egg of an upturned hardhat,’ crossroads and blocks of flats. Then in the third, family, and the stillbirth of their nephew. I … Continue reading Book Review. Pandemonium by Andrew McMillan.
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