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I am thrilled to announce the publication of this collaborative, bilingual English-Chinese poetry collection, which is available in both paperback and hardback formats from Amazon, Waterstones and Barnes & Noble. Helen and Yongbo finally met in real life this week, and they will be celebrating the launch together at the Cambridge Poetry Festival: I wish... Continue Reading →
I spent a season in the midnight rainI spent a season searching I spent a season barrelling the mainupon a longboat, lurching I spent a season sleeping, sullen, dreaming I spent a season yearningfor love to be rekindled once againat summertime's returning I spent a season searching in my heartI spent a season learningI travelled forward to... Continue Reading →
“Through the unceasing translation of each other’s works and our responsive poems, Helen and I have built a space where two souls can breathe.” Ma Yongbo 马永波 for Jade Moon, Editor Ivana Milanovic, Issue 3, 2025 "thank you for your loving Ancient Chinese Poetry, wish to communicate with you more about (ancient and contemporary) poetry" these were... Continue Reading →
This unashamed bleedinginto everything:into the sky at nightinto the morning lightinto the turtle-dove's wooing Cooing, cuckooingthis darkened cocoonthis halo, this hollowthis woodlandthis womb This unreserved spill and slipfrom top, to lapfrom cup, to lipthis underclipthis haematomic healing This catacombic sheddingdeep down, this feather-beddinginto poolsspiral spoolsand all the world, a-wedding: This blessed releasefrom frenzy, to peaceunder... Continue Reading →
I am delighted to announce the publication of Pablo Saborío's poetry collection, A Thing for Nothingness today. The book is available in paperback from Amazon, Waterstones and Barnes & Noble, and the Kindle version is available from Amazon.com. I knew this book would be a hit from the moment I received Pablo's submission, and it... Continue Reading →
I'm delighted to share that Pablo Saborío's forthcoming poetry collection, A Thing for Nothingness, has received a five-star, 'must read' review on Reedsy Discovery. Here are a selection of quotes from reviewer, Stephen Dudas: "Elegant, philosophical, and breathtakingly lyrical, Pablo Saborío's A Thing For Nothingness is the kind of collection that poets of his generation aspire to.... Continue Reading →
With three weeks to go until the book's release, I am delighted to share Merril D. Smith's advance review of A Thing for Nothingness, by Pablo Saborío. Pablo Saborío’s A Thing for Nothingness is a collection that explores the metaphysical and mystical, as it takes readers into the mystery of nothingness. Reading the poems is like being... Continue Reading →
New from EIF! A Thing for Nothingness is a poetry collection by Costa Rican-Danish poet Pablo Saborío. About the Book Nothingness is often imagined as an absence. A Thing for Nothingness portrays it as a quiet gravity, drawing us toward what cannot be possessed or named. Shaped by paradox and sensuous imagery, these poems approach the threshold... Continue Reading →
Yesterday was our first time on the pilgrim trail since Easter, mainly because I soon realised that Baby had become too heavy to carry on my front, but was not yet big enough for a backpack! As he has now reached that milestone (and enjoys being carried on high, like some latter-day Roman Emperor) we... Continue Reading →
Over the meadowthe valleyin shadowwe all come rolling home. Under the hedgerowthe hollythe haloback to where we were born. In the wind’s whisperthe thistledown glisterand over the heatherwe all come rolling home. In daylightat midnightwith swallows, in long flightback to where we were born. Before the new spring tidebeneath the high hillsideand branches spread out... Continue Reading →
