Published : Seen as Read - an anthology of visual, asemic and photopoetry

Seen as Read is an ambitious anthology of visual poetries that erases the line between viewer and reader. From stitches to typesetting, beeswax to periodic tables, handwritten abstraction to puzzling collages, this anthology amazes, amuses, and articulates ambiguity with a precision only visual poetry can. Emerging from a series of online programs run by SJ Fowler during the global lockdowns of 2020 and 2021, Seen as Read reaches far beyond the context of its conception, celebrating original work by nearly 40 poets across the world. It explores concrete poetry, asemic writing, photo poetry, conceptual literature and much more. It is a book made of poems alive even before they’re read, remaking visible language before the viewers very eyes.

Featuring works by Brian Baker, Richard Biddle, Mikael Buck, Susie Campbell, Kayleigh Cassidy, Anwyl Cooper-Willis, Patrick Cosgrove, Amelia Crouch, Madelaine Culver, Laura Davis, Beverley Frydman, Sylee Gore, David Hayward, Carolyn Hashimoto, Paul Hawkins, Alex Hegazy, Emma Hellyer, Tania Hershman, Sarah Hymas, Ben Jenner, Victoria Kaye, Chris Kerr, Evalyn Lee, Julia Rose Lewis, Rie Marsden, Ella Skilbeck Porter, Juliet Sprake, Adam Steiner, Agnieszka Studzińska, Stephen Sunderland, Pam Thompson, Simon Tyrrell, Martin Wakefield, Rushika Wick, Lori Wike, Lynette Willoughby

Available to purchase poembrut.bigcartel.com/product/seenasread £12.99
Now published by Kingston University Press in a second print run limited edition of 50.