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Showing posts with label i saw god cooking children / paint their bones by john compton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label i saw god cooking children / paint their bones by john compton. Show all posts
10/4/21
Special Blood Pudding Press chapbook birthday sale this week!
The Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, i saw god cooking children / paint their bones by john compton is turning one year old this month and is on sale for a week!
15% off from Monday October 4 through Monday October 11!
15% off from Monday October 4 through Monday October 11!
7/28/21
A NEW Review of the Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones" by john compton
"Through his concise use of IMAGERY, John paints images into your eye that you can feel, taste, hear and smell as well as see. Through this delivery system you are provided with both emotion and meaning that you can experience."
a small part of a wonderful new review by Hex'm J'ai of the Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones" by john compton.
read more of the review at GAS: Poetry, Art and Music, HERE - https://gaspoertyartandmusic.blogspot.com/2021/07/i-saw-god-cooking-children-paint-their.html?fbclid=IwAR1Y7FsW2RKeKvhBg5Nwcq24sLPot41wcEbkwSOZ0l8J-L4cUu6IytvpmQM
Then acquire your own copy of the chapbook HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/876451232/new-i-saw-god-cooking-children-paint?ref=shop_home_feat_2
3/29/21
A NEW Review of the Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones"!
Thank you to Latif Askia Ba for this wonderful review of the Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones" by john comptom
"john compton's most recent chapbook, “i saw god cooking children / paint their bones,” produced and published beautifully by Blood Pudding Press, is a testament to love—not the trite and sappy kind, but the kind “rooted in piss and shit” as the Zen saying goes.
Captured in Compton’s (perpetually) turning phrases, peppered by his playful and refreshingly rare diction—catastrophe flowers across these pages, and though they are few, they manage to create an unignorable echo, which rattles furiously in the mind by the end of the collection.
It’s not really my place to read into things, but I’m going to anyway. It seems that the source of this powerful resonance is Compton’s mother, a reoccurring character throughout the book, who (being “plagued / by a psychotic / god”) had a contentious relationship with the poet, and instead of letting this relationship live in a slew of depressing word salads, Compton sets up a sort of dialectic with the pain of being his mother’s “faggot son.”
The poet, rejecting this identity, re-educates us (and corrects his mother) in his sexual vignettes like “fellation” or “the memory of seeing my first uncut penis.”
Even in a poem named “the israeli war,” where you expect an account of pure misery, Compton refuses this from us. Instead, his description is tender: “an explosion of wings.” And so, in this very way, he takes the words and deeds of his mother and bends them around his lines into gentle, ornate lamentations.
Reading “i saw god painting children…” felt like I was eavesdropping on an intimate conversation between a mother and her son, and even if their relationship was marked by suffering, I could still hear the stubborn cadence of love…
or maybe it was just me breathing too loudly. Either way, you can buy this chapbook and other masterly constructed chapbooks at https://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress
"john compton's most recent chapbook, “i saw god cooking children / paint their bones,” produced and published beautifully by Blood Pudding Press, is a testament to love—not the trite and sappy kind, but the kind “rooted in piss and shit” as the Zen saying goes.
Captured in Compton’s (perpetually) turning phrases, peppered by his playful and refreshingly rare diction—catastrophe flowers across these pages, and though they are few, they manage to create an unignorable echo, which rattles furiously in the mind by the end of the collection.
It’s not really my place to read into things, but I’m going to anyway. It seems that the source of this powerful resonance is Compton’s mother, a reoccurring character throughout the book, who (being “plagued / by a psychotic / god”) had a contentious relationship with the poet, and instead of letting this relationship live in a slew of depressing word salads, Compton sets up a sort of dialectic with the pain of being his mother’s “faggot son.”
The poet, rejecting this identity, re-educates us (and corrects his mother) in his sexual vignettes like “fellation” or “the memory of seeing my first uncut penis.”
Even in a poem named “the israeli war,” where you expect an account of pure misery, Compton refuses this from us. Instead, his description is tender: “an explosion of wings.” And so, in this very way, he takes the words and deeds of his mother and bends them around his lines into gentle, ornate lamentations.
Reading “i saw god painting children…” felt like I was eavesdropping on an intimate conversation between a mother and her son, and even if their relationship was marked by suffering, I could still hear the stubborn cadence of love…
or maybe it was just me breathing too loudly. Either way, you can buy this chapbook and other masterly constructed chapbooks at https://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress
1/19/21
The Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones" by john compton is ON SALE for the rest of the week!
January 20 is Blood Pudding Press poet john c
ompton
's 34th birthday and so in honor of his birthday, his Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones" will be on sale (25% off) from now until the end of the week! Take a peek and consider acquiring a copy for yourself or a friend, HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/876451232/new-i-saw-god-cooking-children-paint?ref=shop_home_feat_1&pro=1
12/7/20
Another NEW Review of the Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones" by john compton
"...short stanzas of lowercase letters without punctuation (think e e cummings on acid)...both straightforward and strangely esoteric. I'm not sure I understood many of the poems, but the ones that spoke to me resounded on a basic level.
In the midst of much disturbing imagery, he sometimes inserts the beautiful."
part of a new review by Cat Russell, of the newest Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones" by john compton
read the rest HERE - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3673196257?book_show_action=true&from_review_page=1&fbclid=IwAR0WRrg9K7_MjDUJPAQz-Cu44uxllvcdzv6RVWo6UqjeuUzqgUxKScn1cFk#_=_
Find out more about this chapbook and/or acquire a copy for yourself from the Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/876451232/new-i-saw-god-cooking-children-paint?ref=shop_home_feat_1
In the midst of much disturbing imagery, he sometimes inserts the beautiful."
part of a new review by Cat Russell, of the newest Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones" by john compton
read the rest HERE - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3673196257?book_show_action=true&from_review_page=1&fbclid=IwAR0WRrg9K7_MjDUJPAQz-Cu44uxllvcdzv6RVWo6UqjeuUzqgUxKScn1cFk#_=_
Find out more about this chapbook and/or acquire a copy for yourself from the Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/876451232/new-i-saw-god-cooking-children-paint?ref=shop_home_feat_1
11/18/20
A NEW Review of the Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones" by john compton
"These pieces stitched together in artistic fashion by a wonderful small press look to creators who fall out of love with their subjects. A parent treating its child poorly for how they're born is like a god prone to damn all humanity without giving it a chance. Plenty of honest pictures lie within these beautiful pages. Every one of them unique.
- Tim Heerdink, author of Razed Monuments, The Human Remains, and Red Flag and Other Poems"
Thank you very much to Tim Heerdink for his wonderful review of the new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones" by john compton
You can find out a bit more about and/or acquire your own copy of "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones" within the Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/876451232/new-i-saw-god-cooking-children-paint?ref=shop_home_feat_1
11/5/20
i saw god cooking children / paint their bones by john compton (Blood Pudding Press, 2020) has found a new home!
John Burroughs received new books today, including the new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones" with poems by john compton, cover art by Sandra Feen, and an inside review/blurb by Burroughs himself!
Here is Burroughs' review:
"I keep devouring this chapbook over and over because john compton’s work richly rewards repeat readings.
i saw god cooking children / paint their bones showcases the best of it with delightfully rich detail, fine turns of phrase and lean and engaging true tales.
Blood Pudding Press’ wonderful handcrafted artistry gives you another reason to want to keep picking it up.
But instead of going on and on about how much I like this collection, I encourage you to procure your own copy and see what I mean."
Thank you to John Burroughs for this photo and his review 💜!
Anyone interested can find out a bit more about this new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook and/or acquire their own copy, HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/876451232/new-i-saw-god-cooking-children-paint?ref=shop_home_feat_4
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| photo by John Burroughs |
10/21/20
NEW from Blood Pudding Press as of October 2020! - the NEW poetry chapbook, "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones" by john compton!
The NEW Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones" by john compton is NOW NEWLY AVAILABLE in the Blood Pudding Press shop!
22 poems by john compton!
Cover art - Temperature Red - by Mad Cook: Sandra Feen and Photographer: Pete Diehl
Published and hand-designed by Blood Pudding Press!
Take a peek, find out more, read a sample poem, and acquire your very own copy HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/876451232/new-i-saw-god-cooking-children-paint?ref=shop_home_feat_4
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