Collections (poetry)
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Hungry Constellations “The poems in Mike Allen’s latest book, Hungry Constellations, make a rowdy, red-tinged tapestry, representing twenty years of work from one of the major creative forces in this genre. These poems are physical, expansive, and revolutionary. They are grand and dystopic. They seethe with the conflict of opposites. Allen likes the destructive side of creation as much as the emergent side. He likes dying gods, because they need to be revived or transformed. He writes about stars and legends and human beings contending with the monster-filled and glorious cosmos. He does it all with a relentless, energetic style, full of thought and invention.” “Allen is an artist and words are his clay, his ink, his notes, his instruments.”
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The Journey to Kailash “This is Allen writing at the top of his game, and these poems will linger in the memory long after the book is put aside.” “Reader, it’s brilliant.”
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Strange Wisdoms of the Dead “Allen’s is poetry for goths of all ages … a fine job of making the human scary and the scary human.”
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Disturbing Muses (Prime Books, 2005) Introduction by Theodora Goss “An excellent collection.”
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Petting the Time Shark “An outstanding collection…. Mike Allen’s poetry is sometimes amusing, often disturbing, but never disappointing.” out of print |
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Defacing the Moon (DNA Productions, 2000) “Allen exhibits a fine hand with a memorable phrase and a mordant yet humor-tinged viewpoint on life.” out of print |
