imagining him now ‘fat and in his fifties’ and destroyed by his predilection for violence
which was shortlisted for the CLiPPA award
and rebukes America - “Dear White America” - where every day is too often a funeral and not often enough a miracle
and nightmarish lexical distortions
they reveal complex truths in language luminous and precise
Bold in the Life by Jeremy Dixon John Lawrence imagining him now ‘fat andJeremy Dixons Bold in the Life is an electrifying affirmation of Polari, the coded language once palavered through queer spaces, now reanimated in poetry that is unapologetic, irreverent, and deeply celebratory. Moving between historical echoes and contemporary queer existence, Dixons work pulses with wit, defiance, and linguistic play, queering the act of translation itself. These poems are both homage and reinvention, rejecting nostalgia while