Simon Maddrell

Simon Maddrell is a poet, editor and educator whose work appears in AMBIT, Gutter, Magma, MODRON, Poetry Wales, SAND Journal, Southword, Stand, The Gay & Lesbian Review, The Moth, The Rialto, Under the Radar. Simon’s pamphlets: 2020 —Throatbone, UnCollected Press; — Queerfella, which jointly-won The Rialto Open Pamphlet Competition. 2023 — Isle of Sin, Polari Press — The Whole Island, Valley Press. 2024 — a finger in derek jarman's mouth, Polari Press. 2025 —Patient L1, Polari Press. Out-Spoken Press will publish Simon's debut collection in Feb 2026.  

“A Robin’s Agenda,” “Never mistake what is for what it looks like,” and “Narcissus pseudonarcissus”

You can’t handle the truth of X
and Y complexities in your own
species, so it’s obvious you think
you can tell our gender by the
colour of our breasts or know
that we are born all-brown.

“Birthday, No Birth Day,” “Games Few Win” and “Paddington Bear”

birthday of a young man
showing him sights
events cold and crude
feelings heated and complex
mustafa’s
a youngster
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