LAMP Anthology Vol. 1 is a collection of 130 poems handpicked from over 1,500 submissions.
We believe in the universal love for words that heal a broken day. LAMP tie readers with a single string made entirely of our shared love for poetry, this string is vast enough to connect the entire world by including brilliant works of people from all walks of life. From an innocent crush of a school boy, to the brilliant word plays of an emeritus English professor.
Poems aren’t just simply read; they spark reflection and retrospection. LAMP is an anthology of poems which ignites them
The best 2 poets from this Volume of LAMP Anthology is awarded LAMP Most Promising Poet Award 2020. The award includes a poetry book contract from Dots Publications.
All the instructions of submission to LAMP Anthology Volume 2 (to be published by the end of 2021) have been provided in the book!
Shaira Afrida Oyshee (1997) is a poet, born and raised in Dhaka. She moved to Melbourne in 2017 to study Bachelor of Design in The University of Melbourne. Her debut book "On Days Like This" published in 2018 by Journeyman Publications, won the City Bank Ananda Alo First Book Award 2018. Her poems have been published in Farrago Magazine, The Daily Star and Dhaka Tribune. Her second book 'All The Quiet Places' was released in December 2019. She is currently working on her third book, working as the chief editor of LAMP 2020 and establishing Dots (a publication house based in Melbourne)
LAMP is a collection of poems that vary in themes and length. I really enjoyed reading the various poems included in this book, and have even discovered some great writers that were featured in it!
Out of the poems included in this book, my favourites are: - Time by Subyeta Sarwar - I Wish To Create A Monster by Christian Scully - Schizophrenic by Pracheta Ahana Alam - 8/19/2019 by Jarrod Holgate - Calm by Noora Shamsi Bahar - Amidst Many Others by Ahsan Rajib Ananda
Thank you so much to @dots.publications for sending this book of poems my way, I can't wait for the next one!