A book of an insatiate rage against modern society; a look into the scourge of human nature and its unremitting depths of madness. Craig Podmore delves into the world of true crime, here he doesn't scruple to explore those who defy moral boundaries, t
A book of an insatiate rage against modern society; a look into the scourge of human nature and its unremitting depths of madness. Craig Podmore delve...
Anton, a born sadist, a philosopher of psychosexual visions as an act against the world that tries to spit him out; a charlatan of provocative yet violent intellectual discourse that will devour all of whom are against his very nature. Jeremiah, an Afghan vet, distraught by his comrades' deaths during conflict returns to civilised life but struggles to conform to consumerist society. There's only one resolution but it lies in an unattainable place. "Comparisons are odious but often edifying; in this instance I would cite Bataille's 'Story of the Eye', D M Perkins' 'Evil Companions', Delaney's...
Anton, a born sadist, a philosopher of psychosexual visions as an act against the world that tries to spit him out; a charlatan of provocative yet vio...
"Pornocopia presents the kind of poetry that punches you in the face and leaves you with the taste of your own blood. It's the literary equivalent of being grabbed by the scruff of the neck and forced to acknowledge, then examine, your own shit on the carpet. Podmore, however, never presents himself as removed or exempt and it's precisely this unflinching honesty and torturous self-awareness that charges Pornocopia in all its brilliance." - A.D. Hitchin (Co-editor of CUT UP ; Author of Messages to Central Control, The Empath)
"Pornocopia presents the kind of poetry that punches you in the face and leaves you with the taste of your own blood. It's the literary equivalent of ...
"UK born writer, photographer and filmmaker, Craig Podmore, brings us another 131 pounds of flesh in his new and gravel-rash-raw collection of poetry The Hell in Me, the Hell in You. A textual viewpoint of a nightmarish pop-culture of the future; a snuff television addled society and dirty cum-faced blow jobs, Craig invites De Sade to the table and serves him with blood and champagne. Its bleak, unrelenting and it will most likely piss a lot of people off, like all good literature with intent and purpose, it proposes a dark viewpoint of reality that is hard to argue against or ignore.The...
"UK born writer, photographer and filmmaker, Craig Podmore, brings us another 131 pounds of flesh in his new and gravel-rash-raw collection of poetry ...
An epic poem about the stirring melancholy of love and the existential wounds it inflicts. This poem (fragmented, however, should be treated as one piece) visualises and illuminates a pilgrim about the ubiquitous emotion that resides in all of humanity and that is love, although, even the most benevolent force can take a despairing path.
An epic poem about the stirring melancholy of love and the existential wounds it inflicts. This poem (fragmented, however, should be treated as one pi...
