VIRGINS by Jesse Darling Ruth Stacey John Siddique: ‘Penny Boxall’s poems

John Siddique: ‘Penny Boxall’s poems are somewhat akin to the glass objects in an antique shop or the attic – each poem holds the light in its own way

’ – Moris Farhi

“In this gorgeous debut

Orlam follows Ira and the inhabitants of Underwhelm month by month through the last year of her childhood innocence

nurse” and develop “ideas of what’s / sheer

VIRGINS by Jesse Darling Ruth Stacey John Siddique: ‘Penny Boxall’s poemsThey say we arent built for it. This species or another. Crewcut & fatigued, a swollen head on the box says thin lipped, When most people talk about killing, they are like virgins talking about sex. Experiential and mapped, VIRGINS takes us on car rides, through hotel rooms and up close to meat viscera and enamel structures. Oscillating through binaries, concepts of innocence and experience are dragged by their creaturely haunches by gathered clumps