Author

  • DS Maolalai has been described by one editor as "a cosmopolitan poet" and another as "prolific, bordering on incontinent". His work has been nominated fourteen times for BOTN, ten for the Pushcart, once for the Forward Prize, and released in three collections: Love is Breaking Plates in the Garden (Encircle Press, 2016), Sad Havoc Among the Birds (Turas Press, 2019), and Noble Rot (Turas Press, 2022)

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Poetry

Poetry

I’m losing it.maybe I’ve lost it.I’ve had it and maybeit’s gone. it’s gonefor tonight.poems just comingshopping lists.bread and new eggs.butter and milk.outside... Read more.

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