Even when Death inhabits a poem, he does not own it. He is a squatter. In fact, Death owns nothing. – Todd Moore
David Roskos is a people’s publisher, he’s from the old school where you still use a printer and old-fashioned ink, and staples, and wrinkled poems that come in via the mail, and the poems in BIG HAMMER reflect a vision Continue reading 3 corono / virus collages by Dave Roskos→
Pick em up! Pick em up! …………grab his legs! …..C’mon! …………gimmie a hand! he’s heavy! …full of shit! …..pick em up …….put his feet ……….in the fire! oh no! …he exploded! ……now we’re all ……covered in shit! Dave Roskos / Continue reading Pick em up! & tilt-awhirl-tyranny-twirl by Dave Roskos→
Poets & Painters/ Reflections: July 29 People love painters; They love Renoir and Monet. They love Jackson Pollak and Henri Matisse. Painters get a pass that poets don’t. You can hang a painting on a wall – but poems are Continue reading Poets & Painters/ Reflections: July 29 by William Patterson→
Prelude in E-Minor or Milner Place Hoists Sail We cannot go with you this time All-consuming night has swallowed the moon So tide and wave retire as the piano chimes with regret in the reed beds and mealie fields where Continue reading Prelude in E-Minor or Milner Place Hoists Sail by Mark Murphy→
last chance motel a run-down motel clings to the shoulders of a narrow highway a blinking neon sign shoots holes through the middle of a mississippi night— enfolded in the semi-darkness of a lamp-lit room an old man from an Continue reading The last chance motel & virus box by DB Cox→
The Earth is a Woman Clearly, as muses of the past have told the tale, nature draws a man into her fold. No room for doubt to cloud the mind. Deep greens of summer leaves on the maples fade gently Continue reading The Earth is a Woman by Tom Conlan→
The Pledge of a Grievance I pledge a grievance to the flag of the United States of Reality Show and to the profit margin for which it stands on one knee under siege invisible and divided with no civil liberty Continue reading The Pledge of a Grievance by S.A. Griffin→
the very large array hunting in the infinite gila we see a shadow bobcat hung with tufts of long hair moving ghostlike, powerfully silently. we kill no elk. Continue reading the very large array & two other new poems by Luther Allen→
Riot Store Candy French existentialism as valueable now As a hot dog turd steaming on abandoned streets We got Paris, people driven to their knees , driven batty Animal real time, and who’s kissing, partying like its 1999 Folks brushing Continue reading Riot Store Candy & Two other new poems by Michael D. Amitin→
The Mailing List Pre-Sale Get the THIRST AUDIO 3-CD Set Now The PRE-SALE is officially upon us! Perhaps you’ve heard whispers, mutterings, clandestine mentions of a rough beast slouching toward your eardrums…well the reckoning is here. The physical editions of Continue reading THIRST Worldwide 2020 Audio by Hosho McCreesh→