trainride elsewhere

by John Thompson

Poetry. John Compton's [née Thompson's] first book of poetry is not, in poet Christopher Bursk's words, "an easy read. It teases us with hard questions, takes us into troubling parts of our soul we'd like to pretend don't exist, draws us to get our footing in lines that seem to shift under us and taxes the limits of poetry and of our own minds. Flick on the light of your miner's helmet. Join this poet and dig deep."

159 pages, Paperback

Published August 10, 2016

Reviews

[Jeremy Mifsud · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have been reading this savouring slowly and finally found the time to write a review.

This poetry a collection was superb! As I say in my full review (link below), it is a work of a genius on so many aspects. This can be seen in the Amazon Reviews as well (only 5-star as of the time of writing).

https://steemit.com/bookreview/@poetr...

[Sabne Raznik · Rating 5 out of 5]

John Thompson has a way with words that feels easy - but absolutely is not - and is surprising and delicious on the tongue. A delight to read.

[Dakota Cain · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book so much it was one of the reasons I started writing poetry I loved all the poems. There were so many poems you would get lost in and would make you wonder that is what I like about John Comptons poetry if you haven't read any of his book, I recommend looking into them and I recommend this one as well it's a good mind-bending experience

[Marìa Crèst · Rating 1 out of 5]

Typical small group publishing. If you like street level poems maybe you'll love this?