City Boys Should Not Feed Horses

by Jay Hulme

Genres: Poetry

89 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2016

About the author

Jay Hulme is an award winning transgender performance poet, speaker and educator.

He teaches, consults, speaks, and works on the importance of diversity in the media, especially transgender inclusion and rights. Jay performs his poetry at engagements in the UK, and has been published in a number of magazines and journals.

Reviews

[Janey Dangerous · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some of these poems kicked my heart in the teeth and some of them make me nostalgic for poetry 101 in college. I am looking forward to reading more of him, as his work can only get better from here.

[Rhiannon Grant · Rating 3 out of 5]

This playful and experimental collection covers a full range of emotions, and although it sometimes feels naive (the over-reliance on short line breaks is perhaps the clearest cause of this), there are also moments when Hulme reveals something either deeply insight or moving. I'm pleased to have been part of the Kickstarter campaign which funded this volume and hope his work will continue from strength to strength.

[Lorraine · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book slowly, reading one or two poems a day.

I really enjoyed the collection, they are personal and visual and in some cases quite painful, but having heard Jay perform poetry I could hear him speaking in my mind and I really enjoyed the various poems,

[Steph · Rating 4 out of 5]

You can tell this is a fairly early poetry collection--it's a little clunky and cliche in places. But there are lines and word choices that flash with brilliance. It's earnest, and I expect I'll return to it in the future.

[Cathal Reynolds · Rating 5 out of 5]

Every poem in this collection is beautiful, but there are certain ones like I Am A Man, which I have listened to so many times its scratched into my brain, and Flaws that really clicked with me. And like with The Prospect of Wings, there will undoubtedly be a few that I will somehow find a way to worm in to university discussions or casual conversation.