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October 11, 2013
A Spam Poem
Spotted on Twitter this week, from my 2008 Spam: Email Inspired Poetry collection...
October 10, 2013
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October 8, 2013
The 'Snorri & Frosti' Print Edition Is Coming Soon
My novella Snorri & Frosti is coming out in November as a very limited edition chapbook via 3:AM Press.
It was originally published as a download-only via Galley Beggar Press.
The cover design by Christiana Spens.
More info to follow (or in the meantime go here).
October 7, 2013
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October 5, 2013
October 3, 2013
National Poetry Day
In the UK today is National Poetry Day. Here are two short poems to mark the occasion.
One of them appeared in a US anthology last year.
Please enjoy them.
Your Breath Comes Across The PillowLike A Savannah Breeze
Your breath comes acrossthe pillow like a savannah breeze.
Your mouth has producedno tumbleweeds
while youwere sleeping.
The coyotes have beencast from the kingdom
and outside the first drops ofrain fall like a
drunk violinist on the steps ofthe marble cenotaph.
Plant Yourse...
September 30, 2013
September 26, 2013
"A lament about powerlessness in the face of ‘development’."
The Workshy Fop blog has written a review of Snorri And Frosti, as part of a wider piece on Galley Beggar Press.
...Myers’s previous books have focussed on the emotional turmoil of young men. His first novel, Richard, was a fictionalised account of the life of Manics guitarist Richey James, whilst follow-up Pig Iron dealt with a young man fighting for survival in a former coalmining town ravaged by Thatcherism. His single finds him in more reflective mood. Snorri and Frosti are broth...
