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SHORTLISTED FOR THE TS ELIOT PRIZE 2025<BR>SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2026<BR>'(c) Codex' SHORTLISTED FOR THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST SINGLE POEM<BR>LONGLISTED FOR THE GRIFFIN POETRY PRIZE 2026<BR><BR>'Profound, sheer originality... a tantalising jigsaw puzzle of a book' Tristram Fane-Saunders, Telegraph<BR>In The New Carthaginians, time - and with it the world - is out of joint. A hijacked plane lands at Entebbe International Airport in 1976, triggering the crisis that will lead to Idi Amin's Uganda becoming a pariah state and, within a few years, to the young Nick Makoha's flight from the country. A mysterious writer daubs poetic slogans on the walls of late-'70s New York City, signing them SAMO(c). Three characters who are also one - the Poet, a Black Icarus and a resurrected Jean-Michel Basquiat - journey through a time that is both our own and not, watching TV, discussing art and literature and tucking their wings into their jackets on the way to airport security.<BR><BR>Concerned throughout with flight and falling, the sample and the loop, The New Carthaginians is a poetry collection of staggering originality: a work by an author at the height of his powers, in which the familiar Western canons of art, history and philosophy are prised apart and reassembled in a new configuration. Drawing on Basquiat's technique of the 'exploded' collage, our heroes' odyssey gathers the symbols of a new mythos, through which the othering of Black life might be undone and the stage set for some fresh emergence, some transfigured understanding of myth and life. 'Hold that note,' writes the poet. 'In this place you are no longer the chorus ... In any future, remember you are a New Carthaginian.'<BR><BR>A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SUMMER BOOK OF POETRY 2025<BR><BR><BR>'In this book, Nick Makoha has found an otherworldly, visionary voice and diction that arrest you from the first page and never let you go.' Jason Allen-Paisant, Winner of the TS Eliot Prize<BR>

In his debut poetry collection, going out & being normal, Vaughn M. Watson examines a broken society. Pairing prose poetry with more traditional verse, Watson's speakers travel from Beijing to Brazil, they fence with future lovers and dissociate on trains, they see themselves in lockdown celebrity photoshoots and TSA bins. This collection, broken into four distinct sections, takes us on a journey through the mind of an overthinker and chronic observer who just wants to get things right, for once. Runner-Up for the Press 53 Award for Poetry.

An experimental, hybrid collection of poetic essays, On (Pantry) Stock & (Kitchen) Timers uses lists to simultaneously subvert and make sense of day to day mundanity.It's there, somewhere. Somewhere in the kitchen cabinet. A few degrees north of the pantry and south of This or That. Or, perhaps, the drawer to the right of the silverware. That moment-the one that never happened. Or did it? Neither gold nor silver but tarnished-of memories and crossword puzzles. Of stews, skillets, and underdeveloped skills. In the dusty corners where dog-eared crosswords (and cross words) blend with sweet and savory minutes, a recipe, of sorts, is baked then born. Dressed in saucy fabrics, smooth turns of the clock, and surprise pinches of This. Or That.This experimental, genre-defying collection takes readers on a trip through America's kitchens. From Then to Now and back again. Where life (whatever that means, anyway) is sprung. From soup to nuts and eggs (scrambled and fried) to dessert (cherry cheesecake, blueberry crumble, and marmalade pie), days in a life are sliced, diced, then served in poetic form. The kitchen timer-always on. Here and There. The collection is built of good stock, both hearty and nourishing. Of sour lemons and sweet lemonade. It's as much a walk down memory lane as it is an open lane on the freeway of the future. Save room in your journal and on your plate-this collection will satisfy as much as it will inspire readers to write. Don't procrastinate (in America's kitchen the roast is always over-cooked and the oven timer's always watching).Ready. Set. Read. Then, Make Lists and Write.

. . . let love bless this simple life I livein the beauty of the sunrise at its dawning . . .~In Volume 5, of A Poetry Archive, Frank Prem continues his direct communication with the reader, telling his stories to you.~cut him slice himpass him aroundput the pieces in the ground . . .~A Poetry Archive revisits Prem's early days as a poet. Volume 5 includes work written between 2010 and 2013, and further develops his distinctive poetic voice, including mythological interpretations and capturing the immigrant experience.~I met zlata's daughterher dejan and their child at a migrant place in dandenong . . .~Wild Arancini Press is delighted to bring you this wonderful journal of a poet's development.

A beautifully illustrated prose poetry collection exploring womanhood, healing, and the delicate tensions of identity in contemporary India.Stepping into a breezy and colourful piece, reading this book is more like getting to know a person. The exchange of pleasantries at the start with dainty conversations that refrain from straying too far. Building a careful foliage of words that soften into laughter and a crisscross of comfortable questions. The rough puzzle pieces slowly fit together as you stumble across parts they keep hidden from the daylight. Cracks in their initial flawlessness that never fail to surprise you. And after you get to know them with their joys, regrets and stubborn quirks, and wonder how it aligns with your own, they stay by your side. Hopeful. Vulnerable. With every guard down. Waiting to see if you would accept them as a whole. And that is what the dictionary of flowers will do to you. Stay with you while you get to know the entire picture. And wait. And wait for you to make your final choice.

A valuable insight into a life event that is deeply personal yet familiar.Transitioning is a collection of poems regarding the author's feelings on their transition and touches on the interplay of gender politics in moving from one camp to another, the hope found in living authentically, and the personal journey in observing one's own growth. Take this journey through the heart of Twilight Newcomb and see the beauty within through this collection.Vulnerable and relatable, Transitioning encourages anyone who desires to be themselves and reminds them they aren't alone.

"Ginsberg's 'force field of language' still exerts a powerful imaginative pressure." -The New YorkerAssembled by Allen Ginsberg, Selected Poems 1947-1995, is a magnificent collection of work from one of the most influential and revolutionary poets of the twentieth century.Famous for catalyzing the Beat Generation, Allen Ginsberg wrote poetry for more than fifty years--works that changed the course of American poetry with the creation of open, vocal, spontaneous, and energetic postmodern verse in the tradition of Whitman, Apollinaire, Hart, Crane, Pound, and Williams. Ginsberg's innovative verse, iconoclastic attitude, and emphasis on spiritual, political, and sexual liberation inspired countless poets, musicians, and visual and performance artists worldwide, throughout his life and beyond.Selected Poems 1947-1995 commemorates his brilliant career as one of America's most distinguished poets. Here are well-known masterpieces such as the lyric "Howl" and the narrative "Kaddish" — classic works of American literature — as well as later gems, including the long dream poem "White Shroud," the visionary "After Lalon," and the political rock lyric "The Ballad of the Skeletons," a song he recorded in 1996 with a stellar band that included Philip Glass, Lenny Kaye, and Paul McCartney.Now, as we mark a century since his birth, the freedom of thought and word Ginsberg championed is increasingly coming under attack, making his ideas and poetry more essential than ever for both longtime admirers and new generations waiting to discover him.