Chapters

I love Tim Key. There's a piece about him on this site, along with several poems for which I count him as the main (key?) inspiration.

This is a collection I've had sitting on my shelf for a few years now, since it's release in 2024, but I finally worked out how to read poetry as well as other literature. The thing I've learned is that when I sit down to read, I can take a poem or two from Key or one of the other poetry books I just can't get round to and give them a go, then move on to the other.

This I did successfully with Key. The poems themselves are terrific, and the running gag throughout is about him arguing with longtime collaborator Emily Juniper about how the chapters are named. It's a delightful little canary-coloured book, and would make a perfect gift for your weird mate.