Will you be my baby?

 

Sexy body Mona Lisa

 

More than you can chew

 

Slghtly out of tune

 

We are still telephoning God at Bandcamp

 

I telephoned God, a 40-minute recording of Gary Cummiskey reading a selection of his poetry and released by Sloow Tapes in Belgium, is available for download on Bandcamp.

Check it out here.

Hold me now

 

It's called magic, baby

 

Check out some astonishing collages in Renegade eye

 

Renegade eye is a selection of 18 collages by Gary Cummiskey, published by new imprint Turquoise Press. Renegade eye is available as a flip-book on Heyzine. 

You can also download it as a PDF here.

Gary Cummiskey is a South African poet, writer and publisher of Dye Hard Press. His latest poetry collection is Somewhere else, published by Graffiti, Kolkata, in 2024.

Sharing space with Robert Roman and Pascal Ulrich

 

I am honoured to have one of my poems appear opposite a drawing by French poet, artist and publisher Robert Roman in Santanu Ray's poetry journal Barnaperon, published in Kolkata, India.

There is also a reproduction of a Dada 64 cover by late French artist and poet Pascal Ulrich.

To the East!

 

Additional copies of Somewhere else arrive in SA

Last week I also received a few additional copies of my latest poetry collection Somewhere else, published by the late Subhankar Das's Graffiti, in Kolkata, India. Enclosed was a sweet little note from Sub's widow, Sabina.

French translations from Somewhere else in Dierese

 

Four of my poems from my latest collection Somewhere else that were translated into French by Bruno Sourdin have been published in the French literary journal Dierese.

Thank you, Bruno!

A flurry of presences

 

Goodies received from Kolkata

Proud to have received the latest edition of Graffiti, which is dedicated to the late Kolkata poet and publishr Subhankas Das, and contains my tribute to Sub. Sub had published two collections of mine - Sky dreaming in 2011, and Somewhere else in 2024. It was truly an honour to be published by him. 

I was also delighted to have received my copy of Santanu Roy's new journal Barnaperon, which means Chromatic Abberation in English. The journal contains three poems of mine.

East of the sun

 

Shapes join together

 

Don't disturb my compass

 

Sketches of dreams in Johannesburg

Seven poems from my recent collection Somewhere else have been translated into French by poet and collagist Bruno Sourdin, and appear on his blog Syncopes.

Thank you, Bruno Sourdin!

Somewhere else was published in 2024 by Graffiti in Kolkata, the publishing venue of the late Bengali poet Subhankar Das.

The cover art and cover design is by UK artist Paul Warren. 

Memory is deep

 

Alchemical room