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Glass Lyre Press, 2023
Pieces from fiery poppies bruising their own throats were first published in TAB: The Journal of Poetry & Poetics, Tahoma Literary Review, Raleigh Review, and elsewhere.
A delicious fever, a fervent tapestry, a bone-bearingly honest epistolary journey—Allison Blevins and Josh Davis' fiery poppies bruising their own throats is a richly textured exploration of disability, queerness, relationships, and the profoundness of intimacy that only poets know. This is a book for people who know darkness is a necessity for light, who know loss makes meaning, and who know the precise moment when bodies bend until they break—before coming together again to face the darkness and light as new.
—Sarah Clark, editor of beestung and ANMLY
Magnets attract & repel. This compelling collaboration between two speakers does not shy away from the complexity of our most intimate relationships, including our relationship with poetry. Gorgeously lyrical but boldly direct, these pages confess, "The lyricism's crass when beauty is a crutch . . . But the unstrung harp is the one I want to play." With vulnerability and vivid, surprising imagery, this is a collection of lingering: of the past that sticks with us, of the magic we want to keep believing in, of the words the reader will flip to again and again. It's unforgettable.
—Brad Aaron Modlin, author of Everyone at This Party Has Two Names
"The Fever's Children" won the 2022 Laux/Millar Poetry Prize from Raleigh Review
"To our firsts" was a finalist for the 2022 Laux/Millar Poetry Prize from Raleigh Review