She notes, “Books of this kind dream big. In her introduction to the book, competition judge Louise Glück hails the “cumulative, driving, apocalyptic power, purgatorial recklessness” of Siken’s poems. In the world of American poetry, Siken’s voice is striking. His poetry is confessional, gay, savage, and charged with violent eroticism. Siken writes with ferocity, and his reader hurtles unstoppably with him. Richard Siken’s Crush, selected as the 2004 winner of the Yale Younger Poets prize, is a powerful collection of poems driven by obsession and love. By the way, has anyone else noticed that when they look at each other in the apartment, the black flowers of the wallpaper bloom against the cream?
His accessible verse never fails to make me feel like a flustered high schooler again, and that’s perhaps the highest praise I can give a poet.
This makes it perfect for using as epigraphs for fanfiction about your favorite ship (personally, Siken writes fic about BBC’s Sherlock). It is uniquely sliceable, every line of each poem its own beast. Since then I’ve seen Siken’s poetry in bite-sized pieces everywhere. Heart taking root in your body, like you’ve discovered something you He touches you, like a prayer for which no words exist, and you feel your It was a single sentence from “You Are Jeff”:Īnd you’re trying not to tell him that you love him, and you’re trying toĬhoke down the feeling, and you’re trembling, but he reaches over and I had my first encounter with Richard Siken years ago, scrolling past a Tumblr post about gay yearning.
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