The first poem in the collection, ‘Pain’, illustrates the facets of pain. In this short piece, the use of phrases “round as a void”, “gurgling slit of heaviness”, and “itches deep into the marrow”, ...
These poems explore issues that should unite the people. Eriwayo is explicit when she says in her introductory note: “These are an invitation to look beyond the surface differences and then embrace ...
Russell weaves themes of love, trauma, denial, grooming, and the long-term effects of abuse. I struggle to express how a story filled with pain and turmoil can be portrayed with such beauty ...
NASA and the U.S. Poet Laureate may not be obvious collaborators, but a Jupiter-bound mission helped them find common ground. NASA and the U.S. Poet Laureate may not be obvious collaborators, but ...
It was only much later that I realised they were my first attempts at poetry.” He would later write love poems of his own (most of which he never delivered). And move on from there to published ...