Epic Rites Press proudly announces the release of DOING CARTWHEELS ON DOOMSDAY AFTERNOON by John Yamrus, DEAD RECKONING by Todd Moore, LAUGHING AT FUNERALS by David McLean, and CRUDELY MISTAKEN FOR LIFE by Wolfgang Carstens.
All four books are available now through Small Press Distribution. They can be found by clicking here… Each book [...]

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Epic Rites Press proudly announces the release of DOING CARTWHEELS ON DOOMSDAY AFTERNOON by John Yamrus, DEAD RECKONING by Todd Moore, LAUGHING AT FUNERALS by David McLean, and CRUDELY MISTAKEN FOR LIFE by Wolfgang Carstens.
All four books are available now through Small Press Distribution. They can be found by clicking here… Each book [...]

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DOING CARTWHEELS ON DOOMSDAY AFTERNOON | By John Yamrus | 117 pages | $15.50 | Epic Rites Press
John Yamrus’ doing cartwheels on doomsday afternoon is the work of a realist. Doomsday, for Yamrus, happens when you are unable to laugh at yourself, at the small everyday tragedies that riddle our tiny existence, when you [...]

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they’re winning, you know…
their forced,
fake,
academic poetry
is slowly winning the day…
not because it’s better…
because
it’s safe.
it gives them a formula
to work with…
a rack
to hang their thoughts on.
there was a time,
once,
when i thought
i’d manage
to pull them over
to the dark side,
but they wouldn’t
take the bait.
they’re
smarter than i thought.
now,
i work the poems,
sticking my head up
every now and then,
to take
a [...]

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i never thought i’d
end
this way.
chronic pain
24/7.
it
hurts to move, it
hurts to sit, it hurts
to breathe.
that wasn’t supposed
to be me.
i expected to be
hitting my 60s
fully formed
as the crazy old guy
who hit all
the elevator buttons
and ran.
never,
no way
did i
expect
for this
to happen.
but that’s
okay.
you
play the hand
you’re dealt.
besides,
inside
i still am
that
guy
i wanted to become.
and whoever’s
responsible
for that other thing…
you and i
gotta talk.

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i just now
agreed to
another interview.
this one’s
for monday.
it’ll be
the same old questions, like:
“how’d you get started?”
“who do you read?”
“who are you influenced by?”
all the same questions
and never once
do i get asked
the right one.
in my opinion,
the only one.
the one that says:
“you write a lot about
dogs.
why is that?”
if they’d only
ask me that
i’d go away happy.
i’d sit them down
and [...]

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The infamous
John Yamrus will be reading from his New and Selected Poems, released by Lummox Press in 2009.
“…a blade made from smooth honest steel, with the sharpest of edges.” – Milner Place
“Yamrus gambles with an all or nothing gesture to make the poem and the language his own.” – Todd Moore
Upcoming Show: 31/07/2009 21:00 | [...]

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Mackley leans over
and says to me:
“listen to that, will ya?
did you ever notice
how every country song
on the radio
sounds like
George Strait?
like this one,
for instance…
it’s
George Strait.”
i look at him and say:
“but that’s
a woman
singing.”
“doesn’t matter…
George Strait.
every freakin’ song
on the radio…
it’s
George Strait.”
he sat there,
listening for a bit,
and said
“god, i hate
country music,
don’t you?”
“damn straight.”

we were at
the hotel bar,
ordering drinks.
i got
tequila [...]

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