Oems: Volume 299

by Matthew Tomkinson

oems is a collection of thirty-six lipogrammatic poems composed entirely of flat words such as "sunrise" or "unconsciousness," which contain no ascending or descending letters. Proceeding from the author's lived experience of OCD, the book leans into obsessive-compulsive tendencies, attempting to exorcise them through overuse. In the spirit of rumination, these poems repeatedly circle one nagging question: namely, the matter of what remains...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771837632
• ISBN13: 9781771837637
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Guernica Editions
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 4.9" x 7.8"