On the Radio
In this 10 minute episode I chat to Charlie Storrar on Radio Taiwan International and read three poems about revisiting home and communication breakdown. Give me and my nerves a listen.
x as y
in writing
Lust as currency,
Love as currency,
Attention as currency,
Alternate.
x as y
in writing
Sleeping as problem solving.
Tweeting as problem solving.
Eating as problem solving.
Fucking as problem solving.
x ≠ y
in writing
Walking subverts structure.
Hyperlinks subvert structure.
Dancing subverts structure.
#taipeivignette
in writing
The Taipei sky is the color of dry cement.
Praise
in collage
Megan Ross on Twitter: "And thank to the most dope, @loveleorajoy for this incredible cover art.… "
Practice
in writing, photography
Write like how you take photographs.
Megan Ross and Milk Fever Poems
in collage
I am beyond excited that Megan Ross asked me to design the front cover of her debut collection of poetry which explores unexpected motherhood and all its emotional detritus. It's a gorgeous collection: tender, raw, and honest. I loved reading and re-reading it. Go to Uhlanga Press to find out more and get her book here.
Book cover collage designed by Leora Joy Jones
#taipeivignette
in writing
Just cycled past a young woman with a big bloody gash on her knee and long thick hair hiding chest-heaving sobs. #summerinthecity
#taipeivignette
in writing
A fat man in baby blue swoops past on an electric bicycle in Hello Kitty pink.
Taipei Poetry Collective is in the News
Sandee Woodside wrote on the only Poetry Collective in Taipei. That's us!
Go to The NewsLens to read about Taipei Poetry Collective and the importance of poetry.
Photo by Temporary Truth.
#taipeivignette
in writing
Air so thick with imminent rain you could cut it, like slicing those slabs of brown sugar steamed sponge cake, wrapped in wax paper, sold from small blue vans parked on the side of the road.
#taipeivignette
Just cycled past a man spray-painting fake white roses blue.
#problems with the shape of things
in writing
The cinematic canon is shaped like a dick.
The literary canon is shaped like a dick.
The art canon is shaped like a dick.
I wish I was a little more gay.
Practice
in writing
Love makes humble fools of us all.
Practice
in writing
Riddled with ego like a cancer.
Versify | YOLO Lab, Taipei | 2017
Taipei Poetry Collective hosted our very first event, curated to feature 15 of Taiwan’s freshest poets—
• take home our limited edition zine, gratis
• satisfy your tastebuds with a spread by Badohyao 八豆腰, also gratis
• wash down the word porn with carefully selected libations
• boogie your way through all those feels
Arrive early and stay late to indulge yourself in soundscapes outside the written word, featuring DJ Anti Hero
•••Admission of $300 includes a copy of limited edition zine & 1 free drink•••
Doors: 7:00p (come eat!) // Reading: 8:00p
This was our inaugural poetry reading. Sold-out/full-house/glowing heart. We also released a 54p publication featuring 17 poets’ original work to commemorate this event.
Card On Spokes Atreyu (Unreleased Outtake)
in collage
I made this cover art for an outtake from Shane Cooper's live electronic music project Card on Spokes in 2016. Back when I had a working tumblr and two fallopian tubes.
Have a listen here.
Flesh Mountain: A Solo Exhibition | Acid Lab | 2016
Some photographs of my solo exhibition at Acid Lab in May 2016. All photos by Shameez Joubert.
