The best recent poetry
Fetch by Colin Bramwell; Girling by Eve Esfandiari-Denney; The Dead One, The Unconscious One, Thundering in Your Ear, Thriving Slumber by Jay Gao; Belling the Leopard by Clementine Ewokolo Burnley; The Matter by Padraig Regan
TL;DR
- 'Fetch' by Colin Bramwell explores the gap in translation and the poet's condition, blending Scots and English with filial memories.
- 'Girling' by Eve Esfandiari-Denney examines girlhood, illness, and free will with alluring prose and hybrid forms.
- Jay Gao's 'The Dead One, The Unconscious One, Thundering in Your Ear, Thriving Slumber' is conceptually daring, embodying natural forms and using innovative linguistic structures.
- Clementine Ewokolo Burnley's 'Belling the Leopard' addresses colonialism, migration, and the fallout of intertwined histories through place-based narratives.
- 'The Matter' by Padraig Regan engages with the material world, body, and language through lyric sequences and essays, featuring startling detail and lush description.