Samuel James O'Brien

All Retch and No Vomit Samuel James O'Brien

2019. Eighth collection. 24 poems. ALL RETCH AND NO VOMIT was written upon the author's return to England in 2017 after a number of years abroad. The titular poem is a seven-part study on modern society whilst others in the collection range from postulations on the nature of aesthetics in the church, the growing threat to society posed by the recent explosion in Fathead numbers, the effects of the modern news cycle on the psyche, sex, as always, and the value of self-exploration in a world of superficiality. O'Brien celebrated the completion of the collection by buying tickets out of England.