Edinburgh poet Russell Jones to launch first collection
An Edinburgh-based poet who experiments in form, from sonnet sequences to one-word poems, concrete poetry to haiku, is launching his first full collection.
The Green Dress Whose Girl is Sleeping by Russell Jones is published by Freight Books, and will be launched at Edinburgh’s Wash Bar on 15 October at 7.30pm. Jones has previously published three poetry pamphlets, and has a PhD in creative writing from the University of Edinburgh. He is the editor of Where Rockets Burn Through: contemporary science fiction poems from the UK, published by Penned in the the Margins, and is poetry editor for Shoreline of Infinity, a science fiction magazine.
Russell Jones
Sat 2nd Apr 2016 12:41
Usually it means that the title is longer, and the poem is one word which plays off that title. I don't know if that's a great definition, but that's how mine function and how I've seen them elsewhere. In this collection, there are twenty six of them which sort of interact with one another to build into more of a whole. Here's a short sample:
26 ONE WORD POEMS
Another Bite and Then the Diet Starts
Appetizer
Boyhood Dream, Male Reality (Unfortunately They’re
His Own)
Boobs
Chrissy, 48, Loves Cats, Hates Cheaters, Smoker
Cat-as-trophe?