These poems deal with the road behind the music, specifically the North American psychedelic tour scene of the late '80s and early '90s. This was written for all the Deadicated Phans of the world's most dangerous bands. Hop on board the interdimensional bus and take a weird and wild journey with J. Martin Strangeweather as your time-traveling tour guide.

Action. "Ideas of a certain kind," writes the author, "thoughts of a certain nap, can properly be expressed in no other way, not merely one-take ideas, rather substances requiring a specific form, the way brandy suitably calls for a snifter, absinthe a drip glass, and champagne an eight-ounce 'tulip.'" A variety of voices and visions reflect the alternations of mood, degrees of power, and a broad array of themes, a major one of which remains Theroux's insistent.

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From the creator of the haunting Tales from the Twisted Libra Cemetery series comes a collection of deliciously dark poetry and prose! Join the wickedly delightful Twisted Libra as she weaves a web of gothic verse that is macabre, introspective, sinister, and at times, even erotic! Indulge your fears as well as your fantasies with this latest creation!

Jumpstart! Poetry is about involving children as creative writers through writing poems. The book contains a bank of ideas that can be drawn upon when teaching poetry but also at other times to provide a source for creative writing that children relish. There are more than 100 quick warm-ups to fire the brain into a creative mood and to ‘jumpstart’ reading, writing and performing poetry in any key stage 1 or 2 classroom.