Pain Songs by Daniel Sluman Lila Matsumoto and all his later revised

and all his later revised versions

the male poet and the female poet… is a long poem made of shorter poems

This is the story of what life becomes when stripped of all that makes it worth living - of what humans become when they lose their humanity

Collecting 15 years of poetry

Garland's poems invite readers to journey alongside a speaker contemplating potential futures amidst the raw realities of pregnancy and infertility

Pain Songs by Daniel Sluman Lila Matsumoto and all his later revisedPublished 14th May 2026 Pain Songs, Daniel Slumans fourth poetry collection, is written through the writers experience of chronic pain, examining the ways the body and the world interact and intersect. Reflecting on love, family and relationships, the poems explore intimacy, fertility, pregnancy, and what the repercussions are of living inside a body that feels like an alarm that rings and rings.