Hot Cockalorum, by Kirsten Irving

Hot Cockalorum

by Kirsten Irving

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1.	Hot Cockalorum Intro 00:24		buy track
2.	The Master Names The Cat 00:56
3.	GIRLS section title 00:09
4.	I had gone to fetch eggs... 00:24	info
5.	Entering Service 00:47
6.	Murder At Rydell High 02:20
7.	In the morning, the light passes through us 01:30
8.	Cannonade 01:01
9.	Jane's All The World's Aircraft 01:14
10.	Angharad Plays The Violin 01:26
11.	The Next Girl In Line 00:52
12.	Harvey 01:18
13.	Lina Medina 01:36
14.	Superlove I Need You Tonight 01:01
15.	Alice Carves the Door of St Frideswide 01:01
16.	LOVE/DANGER section title 00:09
17.	Battle Scene For Artist 01:05	info
18.	Bunny Says 01:07
19.	Young Cowgirl War 01:04
20.	I thought what I'd do was... 01:34
21.	Hazard 01:16
22.	White Dress With Blood 01:01
23.	Bratislava 01:59
24.	Mr Flowers 00:56
25.	On being given a necklace 01:16
26.	As For The Kestrel 01:12
27.	Pastoral With Sirens 01:28
28.	TRANSFORMATION section title 00:09
29.	How Crow Solves Three-Tool Problem 00:35	info
30.	Practice Spider 02:16
31.	Am A Bear 01:10
32.	Amsterdam, 1901 02:05
33.	Tomcatting 01:32
34.	Am Not A Bear 01:42
35.	To The Devil 01:48
36.	Footnotes: Kingfisher 01:52
37.	Am The Bear 00:36
38.	Wolf Postcards 01:14
39.	Instructions for the animation of one umbrella 01:22
40.	OTHERWORLD section title 00:09
41.	Bird Men of Hell 02:00	info
42.	And Magic Makes It All Complete 00:53
43.	Crow Autopsy 00:47
44.	Enter Village 01:40
45.	The Pigeon Spoke 00:53
46.	Jeff Goldblum, or, Three Prayers Hung On Trees 02:15
47.	The Sandman Never Calls For Cassie 01:23
48.	Coral Reef 01:23
49.	Werewolves in the Jardin des Plantes 01:51
50.	Hot Water In The Castle (service with Rocky Horror calls) 01:59
51.	Benjamins 01:41
52.	The Act Of Leaving As Ten Traps From 'Saw' 02:19

about

In this new collection by Kirsten Irving, language and ritual are expressions of arcane power. As in the anonymous, cross-cultural folk tale "Master of All Masters", the master names things in order to possess them; girls and young women enter worlds delineated and controlled by men, where fantasy and whimsy are forms of fettering. In response, the protagonists and personae of these poems study shapeshifting, practice contortion and construct their own ceremonial acts of submission, always with an eye on the keys that dangle from the gaoler’s belt.

Drawing on threads of fable, folklore, musical theatre and pop culture, and weaving them with the recognisably real, these poems are small spells of defiance and mock compliance, to be kept about the person in case of fire.

"A phantasmagorical cast of characters, from cowgirls to werewolves, from Jeff Goldblum to Rust Commander Bunny, appear in dramatic monologues and perfectly realised narratives. Every line carries in a little gift which quietly unwraps itself before your eyes. Hot Cockalorum is so full of magic you feel afraid of what it might turn you into. I haven’t yet dared look in the mirror." — Mark Waldron

credits

released September 5, 2022

Words & Voice: Kirsten Irving
Editing & Mastering: Ian Bradley (Instagram @SendItToIan)
Book Publisher: Guillemot Press (guillemotpress.co.uk)
Cat skull artwork: Donya Todd (Instagram: @donyatodd)

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about

Kirsten Irving London, UK

Kirsten Irving is a Lincolnshire-born, London-based poet and voiceover, and one half of the team behind collaborative press Sidekick Books. Her work has been published by Salt and Happenstance, widely anthologised and thrown out of a helicopter. She has won the Live Canon International Poetry Prize, judged competitions, and taught courses on folklore in poetry. ... more