I’m thrilled to share that five of my poems have been published in Sahitya Barta released out of Bangladesh. Big thank you to Ariful Islam for including my work in his venue. “Holy Trinity,” “Of Godhead and Gravestones,” “Casting Cards,” “Give & Take,” and “Narrow” can be read here… https://www.sahityabarta.com/p/1823
Bathe Now in Pearls — 17Numa
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Poem of the Week on Bella Caledonia — Matt Abbott Poet
My new poem ‘The Viaduct’ is Poem of the Week on Bella Caledonia.
Poem of the Week on Bella Caledonia — Matt Abbott Poet
Summer reading — Anthony Wilson
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To continue this season of not, where I have been reposting old blog posts and links to some others, I present below two free downloads which are buried on this site and which you might have missed. The first is to my pamphlet of poems The Year of Drinking Water, which I published in 2007 […]
Summer reading — Anthony Wilson
Poetry and innovation — Thom Sullivan
‘Poetry is the artform that allies what we say with the way we say it. Language is the material of poetry, whereas the material of the novel is character and story. If a thing has been said it doesn’t need to be said again. If a thing hasn’t been said – if a poem attempts […]
Poetry and innovation — Thom Sullivan
Eva Wong Nava reviews ‘Spirits for Sale’ — Selected Works of Jordan Trethewey
A review of “Spirits for Sale” by Singapore author and publisher Eva Wong Nava: Just in time for Halloween, ‘Spirits for Sale,’ a book of Tanka poems by Jordan Trethewey with artwork by Marcel Herms, is a dead giveaway inspired by the supernatural and paranormal artefacts found on sale online. I was spooked by the […]
Eva Wong Nava reviews ‘Spirits for Sale’ — Selected Works of Jordan Trethewey
New Book Available! — Selected Works of Jordan Trethewey
Hey everyone! Big news! Pskis Porch has officially launched my second book collaboration with Marcel Herms, entitled “Unexpected Mergers.” And this time the art is in FULL COLOUR! You can order your copy now! At either Amazon.ca, or Amazon.com! I’ll let a bit of the Foreword explain: One Summer night in 2018, I went to […]
New Book Available! — Selected Works of Jordan Trethewey
#BeesNeedsWeek #BeeTheChange 12th-18th I welcome written/artwork/photos submissions on any of the following themes Five Simple Actions: Monday: Grow More Flowers, Shrubs, And Trees, Tuesday: Cut Your Grass Less Often, Wednesday: Let Your Garden Grow Wild, Thursday: Don’t Disturb Insect Nest And Hibernation Spots, Friday: Think Carefully About Whether To Use Pesticides, and two additional ones, Saturday: Score Your Garden With Bee Kind Sunday: Make Space For Bumblebee Nests
Pollinators by Su Zi
Weep Hole by Mai Ivfjäll (Sad Press)
Mai Ivfjäll’spoetry shares the quality of symbolic elusiveness with that of William Blake whose motifs are significant inWeep Hole.Tantalising hints throughout the pamphlet invite the reader to explore a world of mysticism and ancient magic as well as the retro future of a fifth element and a divine language.
‘Suspended Not Suspended’ is written from the perspective of Blake’s ‘Sick Rose’ where the secret, invisible worm is its own self-destructive love. Time, in Mai Ivfjäll’s poem, unravels self like the thread of a hem. Here there is ‘no health’ but ‘only livingmy sick sick rose’. There are sonnets inWeep Hole,part of a sequence called ‘Sick Sonnets’ which the author has described in an interview with Paul Cunningham of Action Books, as a ‘kind of love letter to the obliteration of self (and attunement to the present moment) that happens in the throes of chronic sickness.’
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A Fevers of the Mind Quick-9 Interview with Z.D. Dicks
with Z.D. Dicks
Q1: When did you start writing and first influences?
Z.D.: I really started to get into poetry in my teens. The main influences at the time were Ted Hughes, John Donne and Edgar Allan Poe.
Q2: Who are your biggest influences today?
Z.D.: My biggest influence today is Seamus Heaney and many other contemporary poets.
Q3: Where did you grow up and how did that influence your writing/art? Have any travels away from home influenced work/describe?
Z.D.: I grew up in Gloucester, this has had a profound influence on me. It has influenced me because the countryside has open space and places to get lost without bricks. This has influenced my writing because I can spend time away from people to think and work. My travels have had an impact as well because any new experience adds collateral to the sensory bank so my writing always gains…
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A Fevers of the Mind Quick-9 Interview with Marisa Silva-Dunbar
with Marisa Silva-Dunbar
Q1: When did you start writing and first influences?
Marisa: I seriously started writing when I was 18. I took an intro to creative writing poetry, and that workshop helped me become a poet. My influences at the time were Sarah E. Azizi, Francesca Lia Block and Sandra Cisneros.
Q2: Who are your biggest influences today?
Marisa: I really enjoy Amber Tamblyn’s writing. Dark Sparkler is a collection that is always on my mind.
Q3: Where did you grow up and how did that influence your writing/art? Have any travels away from home influenced work/describe?
Marisa: I lived in Miami for seven years, and the rest of my youth was spent in New Mexico. I definitely feel the Southwest has had more of an influence on me. The desert is with me no matter where I go. In some ways it’s paradise.
I also spent two years…
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The Wombwell Rainbow 