Poem in Shape-Shifter: a tribute to Gavin Selerie

My poem gallimawfrey is in the Shearsman Books publication Shape-Shifter: a tribute to Gavin Selerie. David Annwn has edited this festschrift for one of the UK’s most exciting poets of recent decades.

From the Shearsman Books website:

Gavin Selerie – poet, and Shearsman author – is currently one of the most skilful and imaginative exponents of the long, book-length poem in English. His friends and colleagues gather together here in this volume to offer poems, essays, interviews, memoirs, photographs and artworks in his honour, along with some reprinted pieces by Gavin himself.

Contributors with Gavin himself are Gilbert Adair, Gillian Allnutt, David Annwn, Tilla Brading, Ian Brinton, Lyndon Davies, Laurie Duggan, Andrew Duncan, Ken Edwards, Amy Evans Bauer, Allen Fisher, Harry Gilonis, John Goodby, Giles Goodland, Alan Halsey, Robert Hampson, Randolph Healy, Jeff Hilson, Paul Holman, David Hackbridge Johnson, Ian MacFadyen, Matt Martin, Ian McMillan, Susana Medina, Anthony Mellors, Peter Middleton, David Miller, Lesley Newland, Frances Presley, Elaine Randell, Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino, Peterjon Skelt, Yasmin Skelt, Simon Smith and Mandie Wright.

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Cover of Shape-Shifter: a tribute to Gavin Selerie (Swindon: Shearsman Books, 2022), featuring Allen Fisher’s painting Lugg Mill Study, (c) Allen Fisher.

Broadside published by Kater Murr’s Press

My poem frequently asked questions has been published as a limited edition broadside by Kater Murr’s Press (run by David Miller and George Touloupas) – a three-page poem with cover art by David Miller.

frequently asked questions, cover art © David Miller, 2021.

destroying angel in the Temporary Spaces anthology

An excerpt from my visual poem destroying angel is in the anthology Temporary Spaces from Pamenar Press, edited by Astra Papachristodoulou and Nic Stringer. The anthology collects work from the eponymous exhibition of visual poetry exploring object and time (showing at the Poetry Cafe in London until Saturday 22 February 2020). The anthology is available from the Pamenar website for £10 plus postage.

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• More information on the exhibition.

attercop in Long Poem Magazine Issue 22

My poem attercop is in the newly published, 22nd issue of Long Poem Magazine, which is now available to order online – £10.50 within the UK, or £17 overseas (both prices include postage and packaging).

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the dotted line now available from Gang Press

The chapbook of my long, conceptual poem the dotted line is now available to order from Gang Press. With hand-painted covers by mjb. Price £3.

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Reading at the launch of Long Poem Magazine Issue 22, 4th November 2019

On Monday 4th November, I’m reading at the launch event for issue 22 of Long Poem Magazine, which features my poem attercop. Also performing their work from the magazine are Anna Robinson, Tim Dooley, Lucy Sixsmith, Terence Dooley, David Sollors, Joan Michelson, Gregory Woods, John Greening, Ian Seed and Alasdair Paterson. The event takes place at the Barbican Library, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, City of London EC2Y 8DS. Doors 6pm, readings 6.30pm. Free entry, refreshments available.

• Event listing at the Long Poem Magazine website.
• Facebook event page.

Launching the dotted line at Guillotine 8, 29th October 2019

On Tuesday 29th October, I’ll be reading to launch my chapbook the dotted line, a long, conceptual poem issued by Gang Press with hand-painted covers by mjb. This will take place at the eighth iteration of the reading series Guillotine, which will also feature readings by the excellent poets Fran Lock and Stephen Mooney. It’s at The Beehive pub, Stoneleigh Road, Tottenham, London N17 9BQ; nearest stations are Bruce Grove, Seven Sisters and Tottenham Hale). 7.15pm start. Recommended £4 contribution on the door, or less for those on low incomes.

• Event listing on Facebook.

Poem in For Robert: An Anthology

My long poem gestetner is in For Robert, an anthology of poetry, essays and memories dedicated to Robert Hampson. Published by Electric Crinolines Editions, the collection celebrates this terrific poet, astute scholar and inspirational teacher on the occasion of his retirement from Royal Holloway, University of London.

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Poem in Purge 5: Badge of Shame

My long prose poem the dulwich horror is in issue 5 of the magazine Purge. The issue is subtitled Badge of Shame and was conceived as a response to UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd’s noxious suggestion (at the Conservative Party Conference, October 2016) that businesses should be obliged to publish and to be shamed for the proportion of non-UK nationals that they employ in Britain. The government substantially scaled back the proposal after a public outcry, but since then there has been a continuing epidemic of isolationist rhetoric in the country – a situation in grave need of poetic intervention. This issue also features excellent work by Frances Presley, Harry Gilonis, Robert Hampson, Ken Edwards, Robert Sheppard, Gavin Selerie, Nat Raha and Jeff Hilson. The magazine doesn’t have a website and the print run is limited, but if you would like a copy, please drop me a line at eocenepress[at]gmail[dot]com and I’ll see what i can do.

10 poems in Bedford Square Anthology 10

10 poems from my sequence …to the end are in Bedford Square Anthology 10.

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