Blackcat's Poetry & Art

By Joanna Accordi

Blackcat's Poetry & Art is a raw, unfiltered collection of poetry and visual work that documents a psychological and emotional descent - and survival - following trauma, abuse, betrayal, and systemic injustice. T

Structured as a sequence of poetic fragments paired with AI-generated artwork, the work moves through love, sexuality, fear, rage, motherhood, power, finance, addiction, and existential dislocation. Intimate reflections coexist with political and institutional critique, surreal abstraction, and dark humour. The result is a body of work that resists categorisation, operating somewhere between confessional poetry, psychological expression, and visual philosophy.

The poems are deliberately uneven in tone and form - at times tender, at times brutal, at times absurd. Language fractures, imagery distorts, and meaning destabilises. This instability mirrors the internal states the book explores: trauma, longing, identity collapse, and the struggle to reclaim agency in a world shaped by coercion and hypocrisy.

The accompanying artwork is not illustrative but confrontational, extending the emotional and symbolic weight of the text rather than softening it. Together, text and image form a record of lived experience rendered through abstraction rather than narrative.

Blackcat's Poetry & Art is intended for mature readers who appreciate experimental poetry, visual expression, and uncompromising honesty.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1764762290
• ISBN13: 9781764762298
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: AK Publishing Ltd
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"