“In the Men’s Room” is the third volume of poems in the Has Doubts series, written by Alexander Velky.
The theme of this book is the relationship between nature and destiny, with a specific focus on mankind’s influence on its habitats and its social structures, and on the related propensity for mankind to conflate itself with men, as illustrated in the frequent usage context of the word itself.
This book is scheduled for publication in spring 2021. You can read a few of the poems and watch a couple of video performances by following links from the contents list below. You can order a copy of the book here.
- An apology
- Cantre’r Gwaelod: the ballad of the Sunken Hundred
- Fossils
- Taxonomy
- Spider
- Attitude: rampant
- Finally embracing my destiny
- Lots
- Thoughts on a Monday morning
- Natural law of diminishing returns
- In the Men’s Room: I
- Spending more time with my family
- Wearing pink
- Self-aping
- Flawed nature, perfect destiny
- A discussion overheard between three hens
- Tractors turning
- Civilization schmivilization
- The blood sommelier
- George Monbiot’s agricultural policy
- New story idea
- In the Men’s Room: II
- The will
- Stopped by a commercial Sitka spruce plantation on a snowy evening
- Twitching tetraptych
- Big American fridge
- The heel
- The skraeling
- Daddy
- Altes Schloss selfie
- My bloody chamber
- In the Men’s Room: III