

Due to the length and the very specific formal shapes of these poems, we also include them here in an accessible PDF:
Daniel Sluman is a poet and disability rights activist. He co-edited the first major UK Disability poetry anthology Stairs and Whispers: D/deaf and Disabled Poets Write Back and he has three poetry collections published by Nine Arches Press. His most recent book, single window, was released in 2021 and was shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize. His new collection, Pain Songs, will be out May 2026 through Nine Arches Press.