Hopelessness Punctum

Hopelessness PunctumVerity Spott "The brilliant Verity Spott has a new book out, called Hopelessness and published by the 87 Press. The work defies categorisation: Verity is a poet, and this book is certainly poetry, but large parts are in prose form and towards the end it even takes on the structure of an absurdist play. There seems to be a loose narrative, and even recurring character voices, so Im tempted to call it a short experimental novel, in the vein of Kenneth

Wat is een plek

Het zijn gedichten die laveren tussen ritmische

Yasmine Seale and Robin Moger work in close counterpoint

"night[s of] pouring gold"

As the poet herself notes: “My name is Bernadette Mayer

voor de schrijn met het hart ben ik gekomen toegerust met wat

With lightness and precision

modern cult icon

In the language of fan fiction

Throughout this book-length poem

and moves on with it

Babeth Fonchie Fotchind