Reviews

Poole’s universe is one of weirdness and wonder, a place in which we’re seeking to understand something; a sidestreet in which we hope to encounter someone dearer than dear, right around the corner. —Drew Pisarra

Poole makes majesty out of the diminutive. —Megan Fernandes

Written from 2016-2017, Gorgeous Freak follows Poole’s decision to start keeping a poetry journal while commuting by foot around Austin. Her intent, folded carefully in these slender and jagged poems, is to call out to a future soulmate, pulling them back into her present: hot, humid Austin, Texas, in the first year of the Trump presidency, traversed by foot miles a day, watching the seasons change through surrounding urban flora and fauna.