Tag: POEMS
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“Poems About Love And Punk Rock” By Joe McNally (Earth Island Books)
Let’s cut the noise for a second. We all know the legendary stories of ’90s punk, the stadium tours, the multi-platinum records, the endless, chaotic energy that seemed to define a couple of generations. But what happens when the volume finally drops? What happens when the tour van breaks down for the last time, and…
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“Sometimes I’m The Bull, Sometimes I’m The China Shop” by Leon The Poet (Earth Island Books)
Leon the poet’s debut collection, Sometimes I’m The Bull, Sometimes I’m The China Shop, is a deep dive into the chaos and tenderness of modern life. It confronts, comforts, and challenges you all at once. The title alone hints at the duality woven throughout, strength and vulnerability, destruction and fragility, confidence and doubt. Leon’s writing…
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“Spent” By Paul Case (Earth Island Books)
There are books that whisper, books that sing, and books that hit like a brick through a shop window. Spent by Paul Case is the latter. A collection of poetry and stories that seethe with relentless energy, anger, and dark humor, Spent is a comprehensive collection of impressive works hurled straight into the heart of…
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Earth Island Books To Release “Spent” By Paul Case On March 7th
Spent is a Molotov cocktail of poems and stories that explore the collision of the personal and political. At the chaotic intersection of punk, radical politics, drugs and alcohol abuse, and mental health, Case’s words traverse a burnt out, late capitalist landscape where escaping into oblivion is all too inviting. From punchy punk poetry to…
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Earth Island Books Released “Daft Punk Verse And A Flick Of The V’s” By Ian Shipley
A Collection of punk poetry, verse from the streets and the hard life, about everyday events that might affect us all, captured with a compassionate style that we can all empathise with. What do you do with creativity when the bands you’ve fronted for 26 years suddenly call it a day? For me, I simply mutated…
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Earth Island Books Released “Sometimes I’m The Bull, Sometimes I’m The China Shop” By Leon The Poet
Leon the poet’s debut collection of poetry, ‘Sometimes I’m The Bull, Sometimes I’m The China Shop’, takes a big swing at life in 2024. With poems about pop culture, God, soft plays, fatherhood, suicide, heartbreak, childhood, mental health, machismo, the far right, Russell Brand and Jesus Christ, to mention just a few. Sometimes he’s the…
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“Ten Poets (Volume One)” by Martin Appleby, Dawn Vincent, James Domestic, Amy Wragg, Leon The Poet, Mary Fucking Poppins, Ricci Read, Ricky Frost, Tonkabell, and Jackie Montague (Earth Island Books)
“Ten Poets (Volume One)” emerges as a luminous gem in the vast expanse of contemporary poetry collections, transcending the ordinary to deliver a profoundly enriching literary experience. With an eclectic roster of poets including Martin Appleby, Dawn Vincent, James Domestic, Amy Wragg, Leon The Poet, Mary Fucking Poppins, Ricci Read, Ricky Frost, Tonkabell, and Jackie…
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