ALIAS, poetry by Estill Pollock
Publication Date: June 15, 2025
Paperback, 102 pages
ISBN: 978-1-966677-07-9
This latest collection from British poet Estill Pollock begins and ends with “Jazz guys riffing Shakespeare, poets / riffing Jazz guys riffing Shakespeare,” signaling another heady mix of samplings ahead, preparing the reader for the latest foray into his multi-volume series of poetic dissections of culture (high and how) and history (literary and political), a “world too bizarre to calibrate / except by bots” – or, just maybe, poets. As the title suggests, Pollock once again exhibits his talent for assuming identities and voices, particularly fine in the section “Mr. Coleridge, and Other Portraits” from the English Romantic era. Still he keeps a keen eye on the present, a time of “elections / poised between apathy and White Power militias” (his transatlantic critique of his long-ago native land, the Kentucky and American South of his youth, has never been so necessary). “In the history of everything, there / is always room, for the watchman in the shadows,” for “memories and the ceremonies of chance.” Pollock is that watchman, and his ceremonies conclude with the question, ‘Tell me who you are, who / are you now //Who are you now.”
Praise for Estill Pollock & Alias
Wild connections, wilder metaphors, and somehow it all makes poetic, delightful sense.
—Ricardo Nirenberg, Offcourse Literary Journal
...deftly conjured poems that stay in the memory.
—George Simmers, Snakeskin Poetry
Whether shaking up Shakespeare, perambulating with the Lake poets, or castigating CEOs for “slam-dunking dividends,” Pollock’s poems intrigue and engage. Varying in length from snapshots to sustained reflection, each poem gets under the skin of an assorted cast of characters, sharing their entanglements with authorial compassion and inventiveness.
—Hannah Stone, Dream Catcher Magazine
About the Author
Estill Pollock’s publications include Constructing the Human (Poetry Salzburg) and the book cycle Relic Environments Trilogy (Cinnamon Press, Wales). His recent poetry collections, Entropy, Time Signatures, Ark, and Heathen Anthems are published by Broadstone Books. He lives in Norfolk, England.
Publication Date: June 15, 2025
Paperback, 102 pages
ISBN: 978-1-966677-07-9
This latest collection from British poet Estill Pollock begins and ends with “Jazz guys riffing Shakespeare, poets / riffing Jazz guys riffing Shakespeare,” signaling another heady mix of samplings ahead, preparing the reader for the latest foray into his multi-volume series of poetic dissections of culture (high and how) and history (literary and political), a “world too bizarre to calibrate / except by bots” – or, just maybe, poets. As the title suggests, Pollock once again exhibits his talent for assuming identities and voices, particularly fine in the section “Mr. Coleridge, and Other Portraits” from the English Romantic era. Still he keeps a keen eye on the present, a time of “elections / poised between apathy and White Power militias” (his transatlantic critique of his long-ago native land, the Kentucky and American South of his youth, has never been so necessary). “In the history of everything, there / is always room, for the watchman in the shadows,” for “memories and the ceremonies of chance.” Pollock is that watchman, and his ceremonies conclude with the question, ‘Tell me who you are, who / are you now //Who are you now.”
Praise for Estill Pollock & Alias
Wild connections, wilder metaphors, and somehow it all makes poetic, delightful sense.
—Ricardo Nirenberg, Offcourse Literary Journal
...deftly conjured poems that stay in the memory.
—George Simmers, Snakeskin Poetry
Whether shaking up Shakespeare, perambulating with the Lake poets, or castigating CEOs for “slam-dunking dividends,” Pollock’s poems intrigue and engage. Varying in length from snapshots to sustained reflection, each poem gets under the skin of an assorted cast of characters, sharing their entanglements with authorial compassion and inventiveness.
—Hannah Stone, Dream Catcher Magazine
About the Author
Estill Pollock’s publications include Constructing the Human (Poetry Salzburg) and the book cycle Relic Environments Trilogy (Cinnamon Press, Wales). His recent poetry collections, Entropy, Time Signatures, Ark, and Heathen Anthems are published by Broadstone Books. He lives in Norfolk, England.
Publication Date: June 15, 2025
Paperback, 102 pages
ISBN: 978-1-966677-07-9
This latest collection from British poet Estill Pollock begins and ends with “Jazz guys riffing Shakespeare, poets / riffing Jazz guys riffing Shakespeare,” signaling another heady mix of samplings ahead, preparing the reader for the latest foray into his multi-volume series of poetic dissections of culture (high and how) and history (literary and political), a “world too bizarre to calibrate / except by bots” – or, just maybe, poets. As the title suggests, Pollock once again exhibits his talent for assuming identities and voices, particularly fine in the section “Mr. Coleridge, and Other Portraits” from the English Romantic era. Still he keeps a keen eye on the present, a time of “elections / poised between apathy and White Power militias” (his transatlantic critique of his long-ago native land, the Kentucky and American South of his youth, has never been so necessary). “In the history of everything, there / is always room, for the watchman in the shadows,” for “memories and the ceremonies of chance.” Pollock is that watchman, and his ceremonies conclude with the question, ‘Tell me who you are, who / are you now //Who are you now.”
Praise for Estill Pollock & Alias
Wild connections, wilder metaphors, and somehow it all makes poetic, delightful sense.
—Ricardo Nirenberg, Offcourse Literary Journal
...deftly conjured poems that stay in the memory.
—George Simmers, Snakeskin Poetry
Whether shaking up Shakespeare, perambulating with the Lake poets, or castigating CEOs for “slam-dunking dividends,” Pollock’s poems intrigue and engage. Varying in length from snapshots to sustained reflection, each poem gets under the skin of an assorted cast of characters, sharing their entanglements with authorial compassion and inventiveness.
—Hannah Stone, Dream Catcher Magazine
About the Author
Estill Pollock’s publications include Constructing the Human (Poetry Salzburg) and the book cycle Relic Environments Trilogy (Cinnamon Press, Wales). His recent poetry collections, Entropy, Time Signatures, Ark, and Heathen Anthems are published by Broadstone Books. He lives in Norfolk, England.