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SCORPIO SZN By Ella Sadie Guthrie
After the success of her pamphlet Poems For Pete Davidson, Ella Sadie Guthrie introduces us to Scorpio SZN: an exploration of love in all its forms.
Named Scorpio SZN after the intense reputation Scorpios have garnered for being deep lovers with a penchant for revenge, in this book Guthrie explores the relationships that have shaped her through visceral metaphor and sometimes slightly unsettling imagery, (with no mention of Pete Davidson in sight). What starts as a collection of poems about falling in love and the aftermath of it, quickly turns into an examination of how the past can make us who we are and how to overcome it. Get ready for heart-breaking declarations of love and surreal, out-of-this-world imagery grounded in the concrete memory of a Nike sports dress or the door of an IKEA flat-pack wardrobe.
TESTIMONIALS
A collection brimming with tender observations, sword-sharp wit, and moments rendered so vividly in poetry that you'll see them like scenes like a movie, Guthrie has created a phenomenal testament to the heady heights and treacherous turns of loving in the modern world. Scorpio or not, you'll love these poems. - PETER DEGRAFT-JOHNSON, the Repeat Beat Poet
The poems in this collection are intense, comedic, bloody, brooding, playful, self-aware; deeply Scorpio. Guthrie indulges us throughout – in pop culture, in intimacy, in reflection – to sink us in the SCORPIO SZN of our dreams. - KATIE O’PRAY, author, APRICOT
These are compelling, raw, living, breathing poems. Soft and vulnerable yet empowered, they fizz with lust and yearning and spin us around beds, sulphuric mornings', kitchens, mothers, daughters and sisterhood as well as offering vital questions for our current moment. They bring a mystical shine to the every day; the cheesy chips, the Whatsapps and the fuckboys in concrete cities. This is a playful and contemporary voice. - CECILIA KNAPP, author, LITTLE BOXES & PEACH PIG
In Scorpio SZN, Guthrie wills the reader into her material world, with a restless exploration of the personal, sharply anchored throughout with a celebration of proper nouns, content, and consumption. In a narrative that portrays the intimate, the technological, and the ecological all revelling in each other’s discomfort, Guthrie’s screen-time-induced poetry provides a distinct and memorable voice on love and loss. – CHARLOTTE SHEVCHENKO-KNIGHT, author, FOOD FOR THE DEAD
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ella Sadie Guthrie is a writer who often fails at being funny. After studying her NCTJ and giving up on news journalism she moved into poetry. She has featured at an array of London poetry nights including Verses and Off The Chest and has performed at the House of Commons. She is the co-host of Words By The Water in Brighton. In 2019 she co-founded WRIOT, a poetry collective for women and non-binary poets. Her words have appeared in Lucent Dreaming, Ink, Sweat and Tears, Hecate Magazine, Drawn to the Light and Dreich Magazine. Her first pamphlet ‘Poems For Pete Davidson’ which explores the themes of fantasy, pop culture and ADHD was published by Broken Sleep Books in 2022. Mostly she spends her time walking along Brighton seafront and daydreaming.
After the success of her pamphlet Poems For Pete Davidson, Ella Sadie Guthrie introduces us to Scorpio SZN: an exploration of love in all its forms.
Named Scorpio SZN after the intense reputation Scorpios have garnered for being deep lovers with a penchant for revenge, in this book Guthrie explores the relationships that have shaped her through visceral metaphor and sometimes slightly unsettling imagery, (with no mention of Pete Davidson in sight). What starts as a collection of poems about falling in love and the aftermath of it, quickly turns into an examination of how the past can make us who we are and how to overcome it. Get ready for heart-breaking declarations of love and surreal, out-of-this-world imagery grounded in the concrete memory of a Nike sports dress or the door of an IKEA flat-pack wardrobe.
TESTIMONIALS
A collection brimming with tender observations, sword-sharp wit, and moments rendered so vividly in poetry that you'll see them like scenes like a movie, Guthrie has created a phenomenal testament to the heady heights and treacherous turns of loving in the modern world. Scorpio or not, you'll love these poems. - PETER DEGRAFT-JOHNSON, the Repeat Beat Poet
The poems in this collection are intense, comedic, bloody, brooding, playful, self-aware; deeply Scorpio. Guthrie indulges us throughout – in pop culture, in intimacy, in reflection – to sink us in the SCORPIO SZN of our dreams. - KATIE O’PRAY, author, APRICOT
These are compelling, raw, living, breathing poems. Soft and vulnerable yet empowered, they fizz with lust and yearning and spin us around beds, sulphuric mornings', kitchens, mothers, daughters and sisterhood as well as offering vital questions for our current moment. They bring a mystical shine to the every day; the cheesy chips, the Whatsapps and the fuckboys in concrete cities. This is a playful and contemporary voice. - CECILIA KNAPP, author, LITTLE BOXES & PEACH PIG
In Scorpio SZN, Guthrie wills the reader into her material world, with a restless exploration of the personal, sharply anchored throughout with a celebration of proper nouns, content, and consumption. In a narrative that portrays the intimate, the technological, and the ecological all revelling in each other’s discomfort, Guthrie’s screen-time-induced poetry provides a distinct and memorable voice on love and loss. – CHARLOTTE SHEVCHENKO-KNIGHT, author, FOOD FOR THE DEAD
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ella Sadie Guthrie is a writer who often fails at being funny. After studying her NCTJ and giving up on news journalism she moved into poetry. She has featured at an array of London poetry nights including Verses and Off The Chest and has performed at the House of Commons. She is the co-host of Words By The Water in Brighton. In 2019 she co-founded WRIOT, a poetry collective for women and non-binary poets. Her words have appeared in Lucent Dreaming, Ink, Sweat and Tears, Hecate Magazine, Drawn to the Light and Dreich Magazine. Her first pamphlet ‘Poems For Pete Davidson’ which explores the themes of fantasy, pop culture and ADHD was published by Broken Sleep Books in 2022. Mostly she spends her time walking along Brighton seafront and daydreaming.