Jo Morris Dixon’s debut pamphlet I told you everything reveals
how poetry can function as a holding place for difficult experiences and
emotions. Through language at once vivid and straightforward, Dixon skilfully
addresses coming-of-age themes which are often left unexplored, even in therapy
rooms. There is a keen attentiveness to form in these startling poems, ranging
from the sonnet to the Golden Shovel. Urgent, complex and searingly honest, I
told you everything is a fierce addition to poetry and queer
writing in the UK.