Poisonostalgia: Poems

by Ramil Digal Gulle

Poisonostalgia is a case against complacency. Here is a collection that manifests these times’ needed dexterity in both lyric and narrative poetry. It pokes fun where it must, pulls multicolored rabbits from a sequined hat. Here the poet tackles myriad concerns of modern urban living, in both sparse and complex diction, in experimentations with form. From ruminations on ruin and passing to declarations of distrust and disgust with the fake and the artificial, Gulle’s new book of poems is unabashed and undaunted. “Quietly as quite:/if no wing/nor word/arrives” the poet writes, because not all nostalgia is an avenue for catharsis. And often the best recourse is not to stare, but to speak.

– Joel M. Toledo, winner of the Bridport International Creative Writing Prize; author of Ruins and Reconstructions

Genres: Poetry

Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Jelina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Graphic and melancholic with a steady stream of irreverence