The Workshop: Boot Theory, Richard Siken

This time we look at one of my favourite Richard Siken poems, from his phenomenal collection 'Crush'.

There was almost no chance I would be able to do a series of these poem analyses without eventually turning to Richard Siken, one of the most influential and striking contemporary poets in the Western world. His 2006 collection, Crush, is a book I read once or twice a year, and I’m genuinely excited for his upcoming collection, I Do Know Some Things, wh…