A NEW Review of the Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones" by john compton

"It’s not just ‘pretty,’ it is engaging and transportive; it can be beatific / horrific but always has an effect beyond two dimensions. IMAGERY is visceral."

a small part of a wonderful new review by Hex'm J'ai of the Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones" by john compton read more of the review at GAS: Poetry, Art and Music, HERE - https://gaspoertyartandmusic.blogspot.com/2021/07/i-saw-god-cooking-children-paint-their.html?fbclid=IwAR1Y7FsW2RKeKvhBg5Nwcq24sLPot41wcEbkwSOZ0l8J-L4cUu6IytvpmQM Then acquire your own copy of the chapbook HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/876451232/new-i-saw-god-cooking-children-paint?ref=shop_home_feat_2

A NEW Review of the Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones"!

Thank you to Latif Askia Ba for this wonderful review of the Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones" by john comptom

"john compton's most recent chapbook, “i saw god cooking children / paint their bones,” produced and published beautifully by Blood Pudding Press, is a testament to love—not the trite and sappy kind, but the kind “rooted in piss and shit” as the Zen saying goes.

Captured in Compton’s (perpetually) turning phrases, peppered by his playful and refreshingly rare diction—catastrophe flowers across these pages, and though they are few, they manage to create an unignorable echo, which rattles furiously in the mind by the end of the collection.

It’s not really my place to read into things, but I’m going to anyway. It seems that the source of this powerful resonance is Compton’s mother, a reoccurring character throughout the book, who (being “plagued / by a psychotic / god”) had a contentious relationship with the poet, and instead of letting this relationship live in a slew of depressing word salads, Compton sets up a sort of dialectic with the pain of being his mother’s “faggot son.”

The poet, rejecting this identity, re-educates us (and corrects his mother) in his sexual vignettes like “fellation” or “the memory of seeing my first uncut penis.”

Even in a poem named “the israeli war,” where you expect an account of pure misery, Compton refuses this from us. Instead, his description is tender: “an explosion of wings.” And so, in this very way, he takes the words and deeds of his mother and bends them around his lines into gentle, ornate lamentations.

Reading “i saw god painting children…” felt like I was eavesdropping on an intimate conversation between a mother and her son, and even if their relationship was marked by suffering, I could still hear the stubborn cadence of love…

or maybe it was just me breathing too loudly. Either way, you can buy this chapbook and other masterly constructed chapbooks at https://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress

The Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones" by john compton is ON SALE for the rest of the week!

January 20 is Blood Pudding Press poet john

Compton

's 34th birthday and so in honor of his birthday, his Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones" will be on sale (25% off) from now until the end of the week!

Take a peek and consider acquiring a copy for yourself or a friend HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/876451232/new-i-saw-god-cooking-children-paint?ref=shop_home_feat_1&pro=1

A NEW Review of the new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones" by john compton

"These pieces stitched together in artistic fashion by a wonderful small press look to creators who fall out of love with their subjects. A parent treating its child poorly for how they're born is like a god prone to damn all humanity without giving it a chance. Plenty of honest pictures lie within these beautiful pages. Every one of them unique.

- Tim Heerdink, author of Razed Monuments, The Human Remains, and Red Flag and Other Poems"

Thank you very much to Tim Heerdink for his wonderful review of the new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones" by john compton

You can find out a bit more about and/or acquire your own copy of "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones" within the Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/876451232/new-i-saw-god-cooking-children-paint?ref=shop_home_feat_1

i saw god cooking children / paint their bones by john compton (Blood Pudding Press, 2020) has found a new home!

John Burroughs received new books today, including the new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones" with poems by john compton, cover art by Sandra Feen, and an inside review/blurb by Burroughs himself!

Here is Burroughs' review:

"I keep devouring this chapbook over and over because john compton’s work richly rewards repeat readings.

i saw god cooking children / paint their bones showcases the best of it with delightfully rich detail, fine turns of phrase and lean and engaging true tales.

Blood Pudding Press’ wonderful handcrafted artistry gives you another reason to want to keep picking it up.

But instead of going on and on about how much I like this collection, I encourage you to procure your own copy and see what I mean."

—John Burroughs, Ohio Beat Poet Laureate, 2019-2021, and author of Rattle and Numb.

Thank you to John Burroughs for this photo and his review 💜!

Anyone interested can find out a bit more about this new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook and/or acquire their own copy, HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/876451232/new-i-saw-god-cooking-children-paint?ref=shop_home_feat_4

photo by John Burroughs

NEW from Blood Pudding Press as of October 2020! - the NEW poetry chapbook, "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones" by john compton!

The NEW Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones" by john compton is NOW NEWLY AVAILABLE in the Blood Pudding Press shop!

22 poems by john compton!

Cover art - Temperature Red - by Mad Cook: Sandra Feen and Photographer: Pete Diehl

Published and hand-designed by Blood Pudding Press!

Take a peek, find out more, read a sample poem, and acquire your very own copy HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/876451232/new-i-saw-god-cooking-children-paint?ref=shop_home_feat_4

NEW! In Madness Muse Press! One poem by me AND one collaborative poem by j/j hastain and me!

Welcome to Week #1 of Madness Muse Press created by its new poetry editor, John Compton

This issue includes all kinds of poetry and I'm happy that my poem "Trapped Animals" and a collaborative poem by j/j hastain and me, "Reloading Demolished Installation" is a part of the Madness!

Dive in and read some poetic offerings, HERE - https://madnessmusepress.com/2020/09/27/1224/