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poetry magazine responding to a call for “deliberate, obstinate, unreasonable or unacceptable poems, contrary to the expected practice” ed. @chrissywilliams.bsky.social Sign up free for https://perverse.substack.com/ Archive at perversepoetry.tumblr.com

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perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · 5d

PERVERSE is back with issue 9 starting on Monday - an email of five strange and unusual poems every week, and each poem posted here too. Sign up free at perverse.substack.com

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perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · 8h

The third poem in PERVERSE 9A is 'Drive This Tired' by Joe Carrick-Varty. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9a

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Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · 1d

Love this (I have a weakness for pieces with bullet points), by @corinnaboard.bsky.social, in the new issue of @perversemag.bsky.social! #cacti

"I visit the cacti in the Princess of Wales Conservatory at Kew. I stay there for a long time and stand very still. The air around me prickles."

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Corinna Board

Cacti

A saguaro cactus can live for over 150 years and reach heights of up to 60 feet.

In a scene from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, the Man With No Name is standing next to a saguaro cactus, smoking a cigarillo.

I am always drawn to the bad guy. This is why I need thorns.

A human body is 60% water. A cactus is 90% water.

When Diego Rivera painted Landscape with Cacti (1931), he anthropomorphised the cacti. One of them appears to have breasts.

My French ex gave me a cactus. I gave it to a co-worker for her birthday, and she pretended to be grateful.

In 1967, Jacques Dutronc sang dans leurs coeurs, il y a des cactus on live TV.

I visit the cacti in the Princess of Wales Conservatory at Kew. I stay there for a long time and stand very still. The air around me prickles.

I am convinced I was a cactus in a previous life.

Once every 100 years, I flower.

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Tom Blake @tomblake17.bsky.social · 1d

I urge anyone with any interest in contemporary poetry whatsoever to subscribe to Perverse. Free and weird and utterly wonderful. Consistently the best thing in my inbox.

perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · 5d

PERVERSE is back with issue 9 starting on Monday - an email of five strange and unusual poems every week, and each poem posted here too. Sign up free at perverse.substack.com

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perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · 1d

So glad you're enjoying it - thank you!

perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · 1d

The second poem in PERVERSE 9A is 'Empty Chorus (Blank Verse) by Charles J. March III. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9a

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Nora Blascsok @nblascsok.bsky.social · 2d

Thrilled to have a poem in @perversemag.bsky.social again, especially as it's the titular poem of my new pamphlet (currently feeling its way out into the world). Thanks so much to @chrissywilliams.bsky.social for picking it!

perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · 2d

The first poem in PERVERSE 9A is 'I ate a door' by Nóra Blascsók (@nblascsok.bsky.social). Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9a

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perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · 2d

The first poem in PERVERSE 9A is 'I ate a door' by Nóra Blascsók (@nblascsok.bsky.social). Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9a

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perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · 2d

PERVERSE is back with issue 9, starting today! This week's issue 9A features poems by Nóra Blascsók, Charles J. March III, Joe Carrick-Varty, Annie Baker and Corinna Board. Read all five poems from this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9a

PERVERSE 9A

"I was a cactus in a previous life..."

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perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · 5d

PERVERSE is back with issue 9 starting on Monday - an email of five strange and unusual poems every week, and each poem posted here too. Sign up free at perverse.substack.com

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perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · Jul 17

Congratulations to Tim Tim Cheng for the shortlisting of her PERVERSE poem 'Girl Ghosts'! Congrats also to all the shortlisted poets, and the publishers, and the readers, and to everyone in our strange wonderful community.

Forward Prizes for Poetry @forwardprizes.bsky.social · Jul 17

The Forward Prize for Best Single Poem – Written
Announcing the #ForwardPrizes 2025 shortlist for Best Single Poem – Written! Poems that move, resonate, and demand to be read.
👏 Huge congratulations to the shortlisted poets!
🔗Full list: buff.ly/SS35YlZ

perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · Jul 3

PERVERSE is now open for submissions til the end of July. Please use this form to find out more and submit your work: forms.gle/8zqxN6ZMWMsR...

PERVERSE is open for submissions | Until end of July 2025 | Links in post & bio for full info | Plesae send in your strange and unusual poems

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perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · Dec 23

Important banana addendum to issue 8 of PERVERSE by Helena Nelson here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-out

PERVERSE out

"bananas make you calmer..."

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perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · Dec 20

The fifth poem in PERVERSE 8L is 'Colour Scheme from a Temperate Landscape' by Alyson Kissner. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-8l

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perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · Dec 19

The fourth poem in PERVERSE 8L is 'Pollution Blackout Poem' by Julian Bishop. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-8l

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Alex MacDonald @mapesburyroad.bsky.social · Dec 16

A new poem published today, up on @perversemag.bsky.social 🧡

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perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · Dec 18

The third poem in PERVERSE 8L is 'Hourly Event' by Warren Czapa. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-8l

perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · Dec 17

The second poem in PERVERSE 8L is 'a sharp hurt calendar' by Meryl Pugh. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-8l

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perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · Dec 16

The first poem in PERVERSE 8L is 'Lozenge' by Alex MacDonald. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-8l

perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · Dec 16

Issue 8L of PERVERSE features poems by Alex Macdonald, Meryl Pugh, Warren Czapa, Julian Bishop and Alyson Kissner. Read all five poems from this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-8l

PERVERSE 8L

"a delicate noise, a breathing..."

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perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · Dec 13

The fifth poem in PERVERSE 8K is 'Solastalgia' by L Kiew (@lkiew.bsky.social). Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-8k

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Éloïse O’Dwyer-Armary @eloisearmary.bsky.social · Dec 11

I love this poem

perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · Dec 11

The third poem in PERVERSE 8K is 'He plays with his vipers he writes' by Nora Nadjarian (@noranadj.bsky.social). Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-8k

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perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · Dec 12

The fourth poem in PERVERSE 8K is 'Anyone can hide like this.' by Vasiliki Albedo (@minorroarr). Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-8k

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Nora Nadjarian @noranadj.bsky.social · Dec 11

Thank you @perversemag.bsky.social, for publishing my poem inspired by a line by Paul Celan
#poetry #paulcelan

perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · Dec 11

The third poem in PERVERSE 8K is 'He plays with his vipers he writes' by Nora Nadjarian (@noranadj.bsky.social). Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-8k

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perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · Dec 11

The third poem in PERVERSE 8K is 'He plays with his vipers he writes' by Nora Nadjarian (@noranadj.bsky.social). Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-8k

perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · Dec 10

The second poem in PERVERSE 8K is 'Threat; Occasional, Rising Quickly' by JP Seabright (@jpseabright.bsky.social). Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-8k

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