Released 31st March, 2025 // 114 pages // 978-1-916938-83-0 // RRP: £12.99
New Famous Phrases is a poetic tour de force that traverses ancient mythologies, aquatic fables, and the evolving art of poetry itself. Drawing inspiration from canonical poets like John Keats, Ted Hughes, and T. S. Eliot, as well as contemporary voices such as Terrance Hayes and Jo Clement, the collection creates a tapestry of interconnected influences. Ecological and aquatic myths thread through its pages, breathing life into vibrant new stories while reflecting on writerly ambition and the transformative power of crafting 'famous phrases.' Its standout pieces, like the tribute to W. S. Graham in 'Dear Sydney Graham' and the declaration of poetic intent in 'Scraps to Daub a Siren’s Lips,' showcase Daniel Hinds's masterful ability to blend homage with innovation. Through prose poems, critical-pastiche reviews, and mythopoeic reimaginings, the collection offers a dazzling meditation on legacy, influence, and the perpetual creation of meaning in poetry.
PRAISE for New Famous Phrases:
New Famous Phrases strikes with precision and purpose, bringing an ancient power to modern language. It feels as though Daniel Hinds has uncovered a hidden word-hoard, and with every line, the poems cut through to the truth. Reinventing the line-initial capitalization, these poems reshape tradition with controlled force. Every word works with intention and power, leaving a lasting mark on the mind of the reader.
— Professor David Morley FRSL
In New Famous Phrases, Daniel Hinds unearths sparkling treasures from the word-hoard. Classic themes are given witty and innovative twists: Apollo becomes the god of moonboots and Ted Hughes’s Crow inspires a mischievous magpie. Come and revel in the rites of spring, voyage with a young mariner, and enjoy innovative review-responses to contemporary voices. New Famous Phrases brims with freshness and virtuosity.
— Dr Yvonne Reddick
Erudite, witty, visionary and humorous, this is a collection of unexpected swerves in dialogue with the ‘submerged voices’ of poetry’s bloodline. Blending song and story, this collection brings us inventive prose poem book reviews alongside insightful lyrics and fresh takes on mythology. Partly a testament to the artform itself, New Famous Phrases demonstrates a unique flair for sound and language. Hinds’ ability to turn a phrase transforms perspective.
— Dr John Challis
New Famous Phrases is a sophisticated debut collection of poems that quirkily blend lyricism with a dialogic approach. These intense and dense poems, layered like geological memories and mindscapes, are inhabited by a multitude of conjured ghosts (from Dante and Shelley to W.S. Graham), inviting a conversation with the dead.
— Dr Ágnes Lehóczky
ABOUT Daniel Hinds:
Daniel Hinds is a poet from Newcastle. He is a BBC New Creative, Ilkley Literature Festival New Northern Poet, and New Writing North North East Poet. He won the Poetry Society’s Timothy Corsellis Young Critics Prize. His poetry was commended in the National Centre for Writing’s UEA New Forms Award, and has been broadcast on BBC platforms, performed at the Cockpit Theatre, and published in magazines, anthologies, and newspapers, including The London Magazine, The New European, Wild Court, Southword, and Poetry Salzburg Review.
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