Oliver Comins
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@OJComins
Poet and dad. First full-length collection, Oak Fish Island, published in 2018.
An excerpt from the brilliant 'Over and Over' by Cressida McDermott that kicks off our new collection, Catching the Light, in style.
The ultimate 'Beard That's Feared', as fantastically imagined by James Thellusson. Read the full poem in Catching the Light, out next week: fairfieldbooks.co.uk/shop/catching-…
So proud to announce the shortlist for the pamphlet/chapbook competition. Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to submit. livecanon.co.uk/competitions-a… PS if you are waiting on the collections shortlist, it will be live on Wednesday #poetrycommunity
Sometimes, even when you clear a house, Oliver Comins notes, the evidence of presence (if not the presences of its previous inhabitants) is still there. A spare but appropriately haunted addition to the #GhostFurnitureCatalogue for this week: ghostfurniturecatalogue.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/oli…
"Any conversation / is likely to be short, could be the first for years and rich as a result, even if / we do not know each other’s names." Two new poems by @OJComins are now up on Wild Court: wildcourt.co.uk/two-poems-by-o…
Issue 4 - out May 28th, free to subscribe - features @Nico2la @JoseHernandezDz @montyreid @CharlesPenty @bobblack1 @JohnLiddy @SteverinoD @colourofpoetry @OJComins @nicholas_hogg @xGabrielacevedo @KatECop & more. Art by Arch Hades #litmag #newissue #NEW
Issue 4 - out May 28th, free to subscribe - features @Nico2la @JoseHernandezDz @montyreid @CharlesPenty @bobblack1 @JohnLiddy @SteverinoD @colourofpoetry @OJComins @nicholas_hogg @xGabrielacevedo @KatECop & more. Art by Arch Hades #litmag #newissue #NEW
Who will be our Pick of the Month for February 2025? Poems from @OJComins, @Steph_Feeney, Bob King, Julie Sheridan, Maxine Sibihwana (@maxinethepoet) or @Ellora_Sutton are on offer, Make your choice at inksweatandtears.co.uk/february-2025-…
