The launch of the second LEAF was in Brighton Meeting House on Wednesday evening. LEAF is a brilliant emergent poetry publication put together by writers at Sussex University, led by the lovely Lousia Wright and Sarah Kelly. Lou was also a massive part of PODAPODA, an independent Sussex magazine, packed with political features, creative pieces, and art - a really lively and eclectic read. LEAF is a more sparse format in a small, satisfying, square design. I'm loving the squareness! Almost more bookish than mag-ish. The art is minimal and inky with room given to the type of the poems.
Reading at the launch was a pleasure. The formal part had been kept short so there were four of us reading, including Sarah, whose cut-up, stirring poem cast an interesting light on the narrative form I'd uncharacteristically constructed. Pitch is the title and concept of this issue - a gem of an idea.
...pitch... The piece, called Current, looks at pitch as a sense of direction with a spot it wants to hit; it travels and exerts itself. A person might embody this as the movement and destination of the pitch; which involves decisions, maybe makeshift, that later need to be defended, brandished, like a flimsy weapon... Find the poem pp. 26-7.
Thanks to Lou & co for a lovely wee book! Check it out.
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