Essaysed. Dorothea Lasky Poetry as both a form and genre has many possibilities to exist within; however, poetry too often is burdened by the imperative to have an argument and a set of imagery and meanings that are preconceived and placed within the poem. In this way, poetry gets conflated with writing a thesis or project, and the poet simply the presenter of perfectly argued language. When poets attempt to bridge the gap between genres and write within

” but it is far from confessional

or tradition

Poetry's Geographies radically foregrounds the role of translators as bridge-builders and activists

Pritchard (1939–1996) was an American poet affiliated with the Umbra group

transforming an air of levity into an air of suspension

a sequel to his William Carlos Williams Award-winning book Evening Oracle

past and present

Combining a beautifully performed naivety with a profound intellect

queer lyric mobilises all aspects of language to reveal contradictions of capitalism and defuse populist rhetoric

Willem Jan Otten (1951) is een halve eeuw dichter: zeshonderd gedichten

Nothing else is new thus

Incubation explores the challenges faced by immigrants in attaining such notions of freedom in so hostile an environment