Poetry — Titles — Astrophil Press

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At once a modern grimoire, a transition record, and a meditation on the encounter with the archive, […] employs visual techniques to reexamine that which is missing. Reimagining Old English charms in a willfully anachronistic, willful context, […] places the past and present into a conflicted conversation which finds synthesis in poems that combine delicately crafted verse forms and wildly experimental visual poetry. […] asks you to read what has not been written, and to rescue the things that have been lost.

Poetryduncan barlowMay 29, 2024Poetry, Trans, Innovative

Harvestman

In the tender passages of Harvestman, Von Till seeks meaning and mystical significance in the natural world, where he finds himself in the vastness of the ocean and the majesty of the forested mountain ranges. Shamanistic visions and elemental forces manifest in sparse poetic form that ripples with gothic Americana and ancient mythologies. This worldly and weathered first work of poetry and collected lyrics is a history lesson from an old punk rock musician turned rural spiritual poet.

Poetryduncan barlowMay 27, 2024Poetry, Spiritual, Nature

Babeldom

At the intersection of narrative and noise, the poems in Babeldom emerge to explore and translate the unheard and strange babel that surrounds our different worlds. These poems grasp at the hurried and ephemeral conversations within and outside of us that stretch from the quiet hours we spend alone to the anonymous faces that we pass on our daily commutes. Babeldom is the exploration of all of this, this kingdom of babel, that we all wake and sleep in, in which the muffled noise you hear from across the street might be the prayer or indignation or defeat of another protagonist in different story.

Poetryduncan barlowMay 24, 2024Poetry, Palestine

Brutal Synecdoche

In Brutal Synecdoche, Mark Tursi transcends static genre markers of poetry and prose. Brutal Synecdoche moves through different registers; there are language oriented poems, narrative poems, comical poems, and lyrical poems. Tursi has the ability to write through these modes with confidence. Brutal Synecdoche has something for everyone.

Poetryduncan barlowMay 20, 2024poetry, Innovative

The Botanical Garden

In Ellen Welcker’s debut collection The Botanical Garden, she meditates on the boundaries of nations, of worlds, of oceans as well as the complexities of motherhood. Welcker’s long poems ask us to think about the way in which bodies occupy space, ontologically, physically, and emotionally. Foreword by Eleni Sikelianos.

Poetryduncan barlowMay 18, 2024Poetry, Long Poem, Lyrical Poem, Eco Poetry

Sleepers' Republic

In Sleepers’ Republic, we are asked to question love, to question politics, to question why we engage with these subjects the way we do. In poems that sometimes feel like songs from dreams long forgotten, David Gruber guides us through a world that is often upended by disappointment and we, lost in these musical poems, find beauty in that which we cannot control.

Poetryduncan barlowMay 14, 2024Poetry