James Domestic is an Acquired Taste

Not all poetry behaves itself - and James Domestic has no interest in making it try. Within these pages the ordinary slips out of situ. Narratives get a bit wonky, objects misbehave, and convention absconds.

A TV legend may be a residential menace, and a smart speaker might develop a grudge. A rock band could be mistaken about what it actually is, and the Poetry Police may have secured an arrest warrant…

Domestic’s world feels just close enough to ours to be unsettling - and just strange enough to be very funny indeed. There is wit and mischief running through these poems; a refusal to take language, love, or even the self too seriously.

A collection for readers who enjoy the offbeat, the surreal, and the utterly ridiculous aspects of our everyday lives.

114 pages of the best of the best, tried and tested at many a gig. Officially publishing 17th July but you can pre-order your first-print copy now and we'll send it as soon as we receive them.