Sean Bonney was born in Brighton, grew up in the north of England, and he now lives in London. He has published a number of pamphlets, and his poems and essays have featured in many of the leading innovative magazines. Known as an exhilarating performer of his work, he has performed in London, Cambridge, Portugal, Prague and New York. A part time lecturer, he has taught at Birkbeck College, Roehampton, and the University of Southampton. He died in a tragic accident in 2019.

These poems are scores for impassioned recitation, burning with a rare urgency and intelligence . . . They have a raw quality: manic states inscribed in phrases short enough to catch them. Because the poems are written for Bonney's speaking voice, they have an elegant rhythmic flow: this elegance provides a foil for the desperation and violence of the content.

• THE DOMESTIC POEM (2000)cross harbour …walk on. strike softly away from children …It doesn’t matter if music’s attached …Fast. Victoria to Warren StMaydayThere’s got to be something …Just going down there to post a letter …Certain young aristocrats …calling all dogs …THE ROSE (2000)pop stars on Holloway RoadFor Bob, Cobbing Through the Soundhole, Where Cobbing ISNOTES ON HERESY (2000-2001)Tom O’BedlamDefects in the Structure of the StateLyric Poetry: SurveillanceConfessional PoetryPoisons, their Antidotes (2001-2003)The Management Consultant Has Gone for LunchPaul Verlaine read poems on Old Compton StExpulsions (on Marchmont St with coffee)Poisons, their AntitdotesFILTH SCREED (2003-2004)all poetry that does not …stood …ant sore …sketch …questionable savagery …thin suns bleat …his opened mouth …a lattice of swallow-screech …this is a shop spurt yellow gas …fly track …at 9.38 you hear voices …alembic strip neutral …enabled history on the ant crawl …the details at times are as vague as burn screams …silver burst …the words “we are loyal employees” …I don’t …86 him …‘these’ pictures have come in lately …click …glue, magnetized …hold on. does the traffic not worry …Branson’s mouth imposed …and he, who want to be adverts …this is a love poem in 42cm …bone sweat …lids flicker …the map of London …survive commerce on …nothing of importance …BURNT NICKLE (2004-2005)morally …we understand …demand protection for sex dolls …social climbing among metals …that the police station as system …consumerism speaks only …on cell wall …Verdict :Oona KingDOCUMENT (2005)Filter ODDocumentDocument: No AdmittanceDocument: Suicide Note

Sean Bonney was born in Brighton, grew up in the north of England, and he now lives in London. He has published a number of pamphlets, and his poems and essays have featured in many of the leading innovative magazines. Known as an exhilarating performer of his work, he has performed in London, Cambridge, Portugal, Prague and New York. A part time lecturer, he has taught at Birkbeck College, Roehampton, and the University of Southampton. He died in a tragic accident in 2019.

These poems are scores for impassioned recitation, burning with a rare urgency and intelligence . . . They have a raw quality: manic states inscribed in phrases short enough to catch them. Because the poems are written for Bonney's speaking voice, they have an elegant rhythmic flow: this elegance provides a foil for the desperation and violence of the content.

• THE DOMESTIC POEM (2000)cross harbour …walk on. strike softly away from children …It doesn’t matter if music’s attached …Fast. Victoria to Warren StMaydayThere’s got to be something …Just going down there to post a letter …Certain young aristocrats …calling all dogs …THE ROSE (2000)pop stars on Holloway RoadFor Bob, Cobbing Through the Soundhole, Where Cobbing ISNOTES ON HERESY (2000-2001)Tom O’BedlamDefects in the Structure of the StateLyric Poetry: SurveillanceConfessional PoetryPoisons, their Antidotes (2001-2003)The Management Consultant Has Gone for LunchPaul Verlaine read poems on Old Compton StExpulsions (on Marchmont St with coffee)Poisons, their AntitdotesFILTH SCREED (2003-2004)all poetry that does not …stood …ant sore …sketch …questionable savagery …thin suns bleat …his opened mouth …a lattice of swallow-screech …this is a shop spurt yellow gas …fly track …at 9.38 you hear voices …alembic strip neutral …enabled history on the ant crawl …the details at times are as vague as burn screams …silver burst …the words “we are loyal employees” …I don’t …86 him …‘these’ pictures have come in lately …click …glue, magnetized …hold on. does the traffic not worry …Branson’s mouth imposed …and he, who want to be adverts …this is a love poem in 42cm …bone sweat …lids flicker …the map of London …survive commerce on …nothing of importance …BURNT NICKLE (2004-2005)morally …we understand …demand protection for sex dolls …social climbing among metals …that the police station as system …consumerism speaks only …on cell wall …Verdict :Oona KingDOCUMENT (2005)Filter ODDocumentDocument: No AdmittanceDocument: Suicide Note