The Lay of the Land
Paul Warren
The lay of the land
Twelve images
by Paul Warren
Foreword by Gary Cummiskey
Text set in kano sans serif
Artwork copyright of the artist 2025
For Veronica and Joe.
I am the earth that gives life ...
The ophthalmologist lament
The
visitor
Heroes and martyrs exposed to the sun
And weel may the keel row
The death of hollywood
A countryside walk
The weight of memory
Photographic evidence
The premonition
Tranquility disturbed
The lay of the land
The death of hollywood and The premonition were previously published in issue 89 of Insprational Art magazine. Tranquility disturbed was originally published by Sweat drenched press.
Paul Warren is an Artist and illustrator with an interest in surrealism, dada, abstract and punk art . He works in a variety of different mediums including collage and more recently digital collage and photomontage. His work has been published by Dumpster fire press , The odd magazine, Word vomit zine , Fevers of the mind press, Vile bird
Journal , The Argyle literary magazine, The ROOM surrealist magazine and Sweat drenched press . Paul lives in Daventry U.K.
A special thank you to Gary Cummiskey for providing the foreword to this book.
Gary Cummiskey is a poet, short story writer and publisher living in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is the author of several poetry chapbooks and collections, the latest being Animal eyeball (with Paul Warren) (Dye Hard Press) and Somewhere else (Graffiti, Kolkata). In 2009 he published Who was Sinclair Beiles , a compilation of writings about the South African Beat poet , co-edited with Eva Kowalska A recent recording of Gary reading from a selection of his work titled I Telephoned God is available from Sloowtapes and as a download from Bandcamp.
Also available on Issuu.
Desire follows one step behind.
A Victorian Surrealist melodrama.
by Paul Warren .
&
Animal eyeball
by Gary Cummiskey and Paul Warren.
When the recording breaks down
We see the fields opening up
