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Poetry Magazine founded in 1988, published by Iniquity Press/Vendetta Books, edited by Dave Roskos. This is issue #20. Winter 2019. Contributors include: Jen Dunford Roskos, Angela Mark, Michael Shores, Helen Hoyt, Olga Cabral, Bree, Anthony George, Joe Weil, Jim Cohn, Lamont Steptoe, Rick Kearns, D.r. Wagner, John Lunar Richey, Michael Pingarron, Matt Borczon, Dave Church, Kell Robertson, normal, Andy Clausen, Pamela Twining, Cliff Fyman, Tom Obrzut, Donald Lev, Matt Borkowski, Miriam Halliday Borkowski, Eugenia Borkowski-Sypherd, Mary Elizabeth Borkowski, Dwyer Jones, Kevin Hayes, Chris Stroffolino, Alan Catlin, Allen Johnson, Stuart N. Ross, Charlie Mosler, Andrew Gettler, Arturo Desimone, Neeli Cherkovski, Paul Sohar, Istvan Eorsi, Adolf Wolff, Hilary Krzywkowski, Tom Kryss, Alex Gildzen, John Burroughs, Joel Lewis, Bob Rixon, William Taylor Jr, Beth Borrus, Mary Dacorro, Nourish Cruz, Allison Baldwin, Emily Vogel, Rebecca Schumejda, Ingrid Swanberg, Loring Hughes, Lotus Baby, Frances Gregg, Bertha Sanchez Bello, Charles Joseph, A.D. Winans, William Wantling, Dave Roskos, Fenton Johnson, Jakima Davis, Yictove aka Eugene Turk, Christopher F. Brown, Lorri Jackson, Misa Levey, Joe Davidson, Sheryl L. Nelms, Jeff Maschi, Arnold Skemer, Joe Roarty, Marc Olmsted, Kevin Ridgeway, Henry Dunlevy, Anthony Bernstein, Seth Howard, Lonnie Monka, Larry Marshall, Helmut C. Calabrese, Jake St John, Tom Weigel, Joel Dailey, Gillian G. Hiscox, Gregory Schwartz, Jeffrey Grossman, John Bennett, Albert Huffstickler, M. Kettner, Ed Galing, Michael Estabrook, Mather Schneider, Jonathan Church, Catfish McDaris, Kurt Nimmo, Ron Androla, David S. Pointer, Doug Draime, Mike Faran, Ed Sousa, Ken Greenley, Joe Haskins, Richard D. Houff, Bart Solarczyk, Scott Silsbe, K.W. Perry, Paul Brooks, Scott Roskos, John Dorsey, Damian Rucci, Carl Kaucher, Calvin Kaucher, Brenton Booth, Bob Kaufman, Russell Salamon. A REVIEW OF BIG HAMMER #19: "Much of the poetry seems to have an elegaic quality for the passing of the human species, if not the earth as an ongoing, near-future prospect. Simple, declarative lyrics. Many full-page drawings, often fantastic or surreal--some cartoonish--as well as collages and fancy borders for some poems. There are blows against the literary establishment, the modern elites, the ruling class, their greed and heartlessness. Little tales of suffering--of love gone missing or awry. Here's one by Mather schneider: 'I watch a fly land on the counter / sucking on a drop of something sugary / I think of cute Billy Collins / buzzing around his house on espresso // then squash it flat / as the Hudson Review' Ooh. Good one." by Phil Wagner in ICONOCLAST

Poetry in homage of William Carlos Williams written by Dave Roskos. introduction by Donald Lev.Some of the poems in Fall & All have been published in Arbella, The Black Swan Review, Big Scream, Big Hammer, Casino Anthology, Home Planet News, The Home News Tribune, The Daily Observer, New Jersey Bowel & Bladder Control, Elephant, The Paterson Literary Review, Blue Collar Review, Dionysus--The Journal of Literature and Addiction, LUMMOX, Without Halos, Working Hard for the Money (Bottom Dog Press, Working Lives Series), in the 2016 CAT IN THE SUN PRESS edition of LYRICAL GRAIN, DOGGEREL CHAFF, & PEDESTRIAN PREOCCUPATIONS (LGDC&PP).& online in POETS on the line, & Napalm Health Spa.I'd like to thank the editors of these publications for their commitment to small press publishing.This is the 2019 print-on-demand second edition of this book. Around 300 copies of a xeroxed/saddle-stapled 28 page chapbook were published in 2000. One poem from that edition has been omitted from this version; six poems from that time period (mid 90s to early 00s) have been added. One poem from 1986 ("Veterans") is reprinted from my first chapbook The Energy of the Flesh (1989), to keep the laundromat poems together. "Early Morning Suicides" is from my fifth chapbook INTENSIVE CARE (Black Rabbit Press, 2010). A later version of early morning suicides appears in LGDC&PP as "a blessing & a curse." "These Tomatoes Have Life In Them" was written in 1983 & is reprinted from Without Halos #1.The book review by Donald Lev, used here as a forward, is reprinted from Home Planet News #48 (2002). Long Live Donald Lev!Iniquity Press/Vendetta BooksPO Box 906, Island Heights, NJ 08732-0906iniquitypress(at)hotmail.comThis book is for Ayler.New Jersey is a state full of poets, one of whom, David Roskos, who works various laboring jobs including furniture moving, and who publishes books and magazines and runs series of poetry readings, wrote this little pamphlet in homage to another good New Jersey poet who worked as a doctor, and like Dave Roskos did a lot for other poets and wrote a lot of poems about New Jersey and its people, particularly its working people.And like his great predecessor, Roskos does not waste words, does not try to dazzle the reader with gratuitous flourishes. In fact, he warns the reader at the outset that "you will search/these pages/for one good line." But you will be astounded, as I was when I picked this little book up, by page after page of well-made poems on what the poet has seen and felt and known. The untitled poem (most of the poems are untitled) beginning "the moon/is defunct/as an image/in poetry--" is a case in point. It's as close as Roskos comes to being lyrical: Moon!2 of themcupped in mywife's brassiere.Moon!melted down& shot upby junkies.(rubber gloveddishwashersw/ moonsin their hair nets)...Moon!lamented& lost,& at what cost?the whole of the sky.Some of the poems are more precisely homages to William Carlos Williams, such as: the chickens walk slowin the yard aroundthe old rusted auto.cautious chicken stepstaken lightly.the rooster smiles& the worms worry.I, as an addict, must stopto pray.The poem which follows, "On the Road to the Contagious Crack House" contains language and nuanced observation truly worthy of the author of "Spring and All"--as does the charming little untitled poem on the page after that: Noonwith Aylerat Manasquan Inleta clam boatslowly approaching...one lone worker on deckin orange hip wadersspackle bucketsoverflowing with clamsFALL & ALL is like a good piece of theater presenting to its audience a panorama of experience of drugs, work, and domestic life with strength, dignity, pith, and "No Bullity" of expression.-- Donald Lev2002

Poetry Magazine founded in 1988, published by Iniquity Press/Vendetta Books, edited by Dave Roskos. This is issue #19. Winter 2017. Art by Angela Mark, Michael Shores, Loring Hughes, Jen Dunford, Ayler Roskos. Poetry by Olga Cabral, Charles Potts, George Held, Candace Kaucher, Sam Friedman, Helmut Christoferus Calabrese, Ron Androla, Jim Cohn, Bree, Ingrid Swanberg, D.r. Wagner, Mather Schneider, Neeli Cherkovsky, Jake St. John, Kurt Nimmo, Misa Levey, Adrian Manning, Geza Szocs translated by Paul Sohar, Roberto Santoro translated by Arturo Desimone, Matthew Borczon, Belinda Subraman, John Bennett, Bob Rixon, John Lunar Richey, EiLeen Doster, Linda Lerner, Kymberly Brown, Heather Sullivan, Rebecca Schumejda, Kit Knight, Arthur Winfield Knight, Ed Sousa, normal, Chris Stroffolino, Lamont B. Steptoe, Jakima Davis, A.D. Winans, Lyn Lifshin, Michael Pingarron, M. Henri Ibid, Kell Robertson, Stephanie Hiteshew, Rick Kearns, Marc D. Goldfinger, Marc Olmsted, J.J. Campbell, RD Armstrong, Seamus Artaud, Paul Sohar, Lajos Kassak translated by Paul Sohar, Dave Roskos, David S. Pointer, Joel Lewis, Mark Hartenbach, Bertha Sanchez Bello, Emily Vogel, Joe Weil, Andrew Darlington, Ken Greenley, Susan Gunderson, Scott Roskos, Jen Dunford, Larry Marshall, Robert D. Chelednik, Seth Howard, Arnold Skemer, Carl Kaucher, Lonnie Monka, Lewis Goudy, John Neiss, Henry Dunlevy, Lou Schwarcz, Kent Taylor, Loring Hughes, David Elsey, Anthony George, Tom Obrzut, John Dorsey, Donald Lev, Kevin Ridgeway, Stuart N. Ross, Dave Church, Catfish McDaris, Jeffrey Cyphers Wright, Dennis Saleh, Joel Dailey, Guy R. Beining, Tom Weigel, John M. Bennett, Dwyer Jones, Rusty Barnes, Tony Gloeggler, Jonathan Church, Mike James, Alan Catlin, Art Beck, Tony Schoultz, Bart Solarczyk, Mike Faran.

Poetry Magazine/Anthology founded in 1988 by Dave Roskos. This is issue #18, published by Iniquity Press/Vendetta Books in 2015, featuring art work by Angela Mark, Loring Hughes, Michael Shores, Jen Dunford, George Richardson. POETRY by: Ingrid Swanberg, normal, Matt Borkowski, Kurt Nimmo, Jeffrey Rush Jr, Ron Androla, Jim Cohn, D.r. Wagner, Warren Woessner, Tom House, Ken Greenley, Lamont Steptoe, Jakima Davis, John Bennett, Jim Chandler, Matt Borczon, Michael Estabrook, Micheal Conner, Doug Draime, Alan Catlin, A.D. Winans, Helmut Christoferus Calabrese, Marc Olmsted, Tom Obrzut, David Elsey, Rick Kearns, Neeli Cherkovski, Hal Sirowitz, Tom Kryss, Donald Lev, Stuart N. Ross, John Lunar Richey, Michael Shores, Mike Faran, John Dorsey, Mark Weber, M. Kettner, Candace Kaucher, Dave Roskos, Jen Dunford, Jake St. John, David S. Pointer, Lyn Lifshin, Carl S. Kaucher, Susan Gunderson, Chris Stroffolino, Joel Dailey, Dwyer Jones, Dennis Saleh, M. Henri Ibid, Tom Weigel, Martin Appleby (from England), Joe Weil, Bree, Karen Walden, Guy R. Beining, Arnold Skemer, Kevin Ridgeway, George Held, Dave Church, Henry Dunlevy, Edward Mycue, Simon Perchik, Paul Sohar, and a play by Rare Youth recording star Larry Marshall

Lyrical Grain, Doggerel Chaff, & Pedestrian Preoccupations will remind you that everything -- waste paper emerging from melting snow in a lot, the memory of midnights in bus shelters at twenty below, tangled skeins of work places that read like a manual on how to survive without really suffocating, spectacles of solidarity with those who have nothing to give but themselves -- is, by far and away, worth our time and reflection. Accompany Roskos to, for instance, the Laundromat where on this particular occasion successive buffers of bad luck pinball him through so many twists and turns we almost lose sight of the equanimity of the human spirit and the humor that often informs moments of loss. Hunch down next to him in the shadow of the nacreous wall as he pulls the crushed pack from his coat and regards it with what amounts to a curious mixture of distaste and forbearance before looking you straight in the eye and asking the question he's asked so many times it's taken on air of guarded expectance, taps once, twice, allows your own hand to make the next move. -- Tom Kryss