Richard Caddel: night, music and the clear edge of English poetry
Richard Caddel (1949–2003) occupies a distinctive place in late twentieth-century British poetry. A central figure in the British Poetry Revival, he combined meticulous listening to …
Category: Poets
Norma Cole and the poetics of speech, sound, and memory
Norma Cole is a San Francisco based poet, translator, and visual artist whose work moves along the edges of language, sound, and perception. Readers who …
Classical & Modern Poets: A Comparative Exploration
A brief perusal through history reveals the richness and dynamism inherent in poetry, an art form that reflects the complex beauty of human emotions, experiences, …
Contemporary Poets: Modern Voices You Should Read
Poetry has always given language to what feels unsayable: the deepest emotions, the strangeness of being alive, the pressure of history, the mystery of the …
Brane Mozetič: queer Slovenian poetry, violence and tenderness
Slovenian poet, editor and translator Brane Mozetič writes some of the most openly queer, haunted and intimate poetry to emerge from Central Europe after the …
rob mclennan: Canadian poet, critic, and small-press publisher
Canadian writer rob mclennan (born 1970) moves through poetry, fiction, essays, and publishing with the same restlessly curious energy. Critics describe him as an author …
1001 Contemporary Ballets: Richard Kostelanetz
Avant-garde writer and artist Richard Kostelanetz spent decades testing what a “text” can be. In 1001 Contemporary Ballets he turns stage directions, plot seeds, and …
Elaine Equi: contemporary American miniatures
This page sits inside Shampoo Poetry’s wider map of modern poets, offering a compact portrait of American writer Elaine Equi through two short, memorable pieces, …