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Max Wallis - Poet

Max Wallis is a poet and artist based in East London. Widely published in both poetry journals and magazines, Wallis's main motive is to get poetry into places it's not normally seen. 

About me:

- Rangy, with an eye on the main chance and ruthless in the pursuit of my own convenience.

- Like cats but don’t eat nearly enough veg.

- Would like to meet: you.

(I leave it to you to decide which of these are false)

Age?  28

Sex?  Always

Location?  Hackney, in a converted factory

Here for? Substance

Orientation? Gay/Portrait

Who would you like to meet?  W. H. Auden

Who would be in your Top 8?  Everyone I've loved.

Who are your heroes?  The man who can rise with the first ring of the alarm

Describe yourself using one quote…  

“Stars. Or rather, the drains of heaven – waiting. Little holes. Little centuries opening just enough for us to slip through.”

― Ocean Vuong, Night Sky with Exit Wounds

The three poems featured were written by Max Wallis exclusively for the T-shirt Shop.

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poetry by Max Wallis

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Max Wallis

Max Wallis is an internationally renowned, award-shortlisted poet who's interested in getting poetry into places it's not normally seen. His first book of poetry Modern Love was nominated for the Polari Prize, and he has been described as a "poetry wunderkind" by Curious Arts Festival.

As well as being widely published in both poetry journals and magazines, Wallis has written for the Guardian, The Independent, and Elle. He is currently working on a series of crossover fantasy novels, gay literary fiction, and memoir.

In 2017 he had poetry published by Vogue, did a talk at the Royal Opera House about heartbreak, produced specially curated art pieces and poetry for two Topman shows, wrote poetry for Burberry, and turned the underground at Regent's Park gay with poetry.

His second book, Everything Everything, is a limited edition art piece, hand bound and typeset; it looks at millennial sexuality with a blast of reality. "Read this book," - Russell T Davies.

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Hello everyone. This is from my new book Everything Everything. Come and join me on Instagram or send me a message to find out more maxwallis www.max-wallis.com

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Max Wallis's poem looks at love in the modern age and the ephemeral nature of our digital love letters. Illustrated by Agnese Bicocchi.

We send each other text messages at work. Discuss what we’re having for lunch. Ether-joined by unlimited messages and pixel screens. Two minutes after saying goodbye on dates our phones jangle, vibrate, ‘I had a lovely time tonight :)’. The little xx means more from you. You give me fewer than my mum. I look and linger at them, there, at the end of your miniature letters. Save the sweet ones in a folder and read them when down. ‘These are the reasons I love you.’ ‘Do you want to go to the cinema at four?’ ‘I’ve never felt this before.’ I smile when I see your name appear. The lump is a plastic pebble in our pocket heavy with the weight of expectancy. Linked to everything, almost sentient it throbs with the lives of so many people a button press away: Facebook, e-mails, Google and you. When people are gone: vanished. Ephemeral ghosts that exist but don’t. That breathe, but don’t. The wishing wells in which we shed our coins. Our thumbs linger over ‘DELETE’ as though they’ll disappear from memory, too. Punch. Gone. The love letters dead. Think that’ll make us feel better. When our hearts turn red again, we’ll wish we had the numbers still to say hello, hi, how do you do.