This was an interesting read. The imagery...oh my! I think anyone could give this one a try for something different.

I'll admit, that poetry is not my forte when it comes to analysing: I either like it, don't like it or I'm on the fence. And this is the latter for me. Tommy Wyatt Blake's poetry chapbook was an interesting collection centred around sex, gender, toxic relationships and being transmasc in a place filled with anti-trans sentiment. Blake definitely has a unique style that uses sexual undertones to get his words under your skin and make you feel somewhat confused and haunted. This chapbook feels like you are gazing into his life and it can make you feel somewhat dirty at times and question how you previously looked at each theme separately.

Overall, MIASMAMIST is a raw wee poetry chapbook that pulls no punches with its themes. However, I would not recommend it if you are easily squeamish.

Thank you, NetGalley and Querencia Press for sending me an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you, NetGalley for an advanced ARC of this book

I didn't like the poems in this book & didn't see the relevance in them either... I hope others like them but for me I was thinking what was the point

I liked the poetry even though I thought it was weird. I say this in a good way not a bad way. This is a collection that is quite hard to review without bein dirty. Read the book and you will see what I am talking about. His writing is so good. Again read the book and see for yourself. I have never read a book like this.

I received a free copy of the book and is voluntarily writing a review

"the wolf wears / my vertigo well: / sheepsoft clouds / trip over poppies / a little treat / for naked dreams" (loc. 40*)

A tight wee chapbook of poetry about gender, sex, and the things that come along with those. Not one to read if you're a little squeamish or would rather not read about sex, but some nice imagery and symbolism throughout. As with just about any poetry collection, I prefer the pieces that are a bit longer; these are micro poems, which leave less on the page and more room to ruminate in what is already a short collection. I'd be very curious to read Blake's writing in a longer format, as they're doing some interesting things here—I'm just someone who will almost always prefer a longer poem to a micro poem.

*Quotes are from an ARC and may not be final.

Thanks to the author and publisher for providing a review copy through NetGalley.

I got this as an arc on Netgalley and it will come out in February. Lovely small book of poetry about being transmasc. The poems were so beautifully raw and queer.

I struggled a bit trying to give this poetry collection a rating. I ended up settling on 3.5 because there were a couple of the poems that I really loved, and could definitely see myself being haunted by. A lot of the poems had very sexual undertones relating to both relationships and the transmasc experience (which is fine! The description did mention that this collection covers sexual relationships, I just didn’t expect it to be in the majority of them). Overall, I think Tommy Wyatt has a very provocative writing style, and the short length of these poems made them very punchy, but I personally didn’t find myself connecting to most of them.