Hi— my name is Anthony Etherin, and I am an experimental poet and small press publisher, based in the UK.

My focus, as both poet and publisher, is structure, and I write constrained poetry that pushes the limits of formal and lettristic restrictions. I am best known for experiments with anagrams and palindromes (and their variants, including my own invention, the ‘aelindrome’), and for making novel use of traditional poetic forms. I also create visual poetry and music.

I am of the belief that poets should make the bulk of their work freely available to the public. Accordingly, I frequently share my poems on Twitter, and I keep an easily accessible PDF archive of my print publications at anthonyetherin.wordpress.com.

Through Penteract Press, I aim to publish the most exciting contemporary structure-based poetry the international avant-garde has to offer. This includes constrained poetry, concrete poetry, and contemporary formal verse. To this end, Penteract Press runs three series: Leaflets (both folded, single-sheet editions and stapled booklets), miniature leaflets (‘nanopamphlets’), and, as of 2018, perfect-bound books. Our first anthology is due this October.

Thank you for taking the time to read this overview—I hope to see you in the members’ section!