Scouse Brows

by Madelaine Kinsella

Poems by Liverpool poet MaScouse Brows is the debut poetry pamphlet from Madelaine Kinsella.

“Carefully-crafted radical missives from North Liverpool. A vital broadcast.” – Matthew Thomas Smith

“These poems are a prism through which the city’s wayward spirits are illuminated; jagged and full of nerve. Kinsella walks beside punters-come-prophets and stiff-necked school girls, circling the curses of want. Tending to scoured knees, she sings hymns of the headstrong and hungry, of sandstone and spit, reciting her homeland in a voice as frictive as the asphalt on which this city cuts its teeth.” – Stephanie Gavan

“A riveting and necessary poetry collection. From beginning to end, we are left yearning for more, but Kinsella leaves no crumbs behind.” – Kevanté A. C. Cashdelaine Kinsella.

Genres: Poetry

34 pages, Paperback

Published December 20, 2021

Reviews

[Madelaine Kinsella · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wrote it so I’m biased like but it’s dead good tbh x

[Izzy Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

best city in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mari C.L. Murphy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a brilliant read — the type of poetry that had me passing the collection over the bar to my fella at work so he could read a stanza or two (before he just asked me to give it him when I finished). Witty and bright and then hard-hitting. Sees Liverpool as the city should be seen, sees womanhood as it should be seen; a delight. First collection in a long time that I reread individual as I went simply to have them again.

[Arlene · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a brilliant collection, I absolutely loved it. A vivid, defiant love letter to Liverpool. Death Of A Baroness is especially good, really struck a chord. Made me homesick as fuck.

[jess .・✫ . ★ ゜ · Rating 5 out of 5]

scouse girls are destined for greatness