What sort of deviltry has J. Martin Strangeweather conjured up this time? Magister Strangeweather would have us believe this collection of diabolical poesy is an exorcism, a purgation. Humorous, startling, and painfully insightful, the incantations herein are sure to leave the reader transformed. Between these pages you will find Beelzebub, Mammon, Mephistopheles, zombie yogis, a stranger version of the Frankenstein monster, and all manner of demons bound upside down in the service of righteousness. Abandon all fear, ye who enter here.

4 BOOKS IN ONE--A COLLECTION OF THEMES AND SONGS VOLUME 1 AND VOLUME 2--9 EPIC TRGEDIES--MY MIND SHADOW AND I--FAR OUT AND PEACE OUT!A COLLECTION OF THEMES AND SONGS VOLUME 1--THIS IS A BOOK OF 75 POEMS AND 25 SONGS. HERE IS AN EXAMPLE POEM--HERE IS A SAMPLE POEM—GETTING DRUNK OFF THE BLOOD OF ANOTHER—I go on sipping with a fury which is so enlightening―draining out the vital essence of another so very passionately―sinking deep into their flesh and bones―ripping away with bloody teeth―I go on drinking―I keep on drinking until the bottom has gone up―I keep going on―always staying on top of the drinking game being played here—the blood of another victim slowly drips from of their wound―ever so slowly trickling down their skin―another scream goes into my chalice of mixed up spirits―I continue drinking―a bottle embedded with scars―scar covered flesh and bones laced with the impure pleasures of the eternal night―that bottle is exactly what I always must keep by my side―I keep drinking—more and more faceless spirits now depart my vision―everything that has mattered to me in my lifetime has been swept away―all that I had ever known―all that I will ever come to know―knowledge which soon will be whittled away―to be pulled out from the depths of a smothering void―a void vast and immense―dried out and left for dead―with the nothingness of death firmly implanted and bolted into my skull―by the the hornless trinity which rules my demons―me, myself, and Imy jaws go smashing down with the fury of a bloodthirsty pirate―the nectar of my current victim tastes sweet and always supercharges my drive―my quest for immortality, if you will―craving indulged--HERE IS A SAMPLE SONG--BRUTAL AWARENESS--one must defend the honor of that one's purity—push comes to shove and then rage to insanity—lady justice is so raw, blind, and aggressive—crushing all that she finds so very offensive—governed by the pompous makes no sense at all—one by one we go down and then away we fall—can I not break this needless standing repetition together we stand, but we are all in competition the choice has come down to nothing and no more—duplicated then split apart into quadrants of four—nothing seemingly appears the same as if they disappear—a call from the apocalypse breaks you free and clear—taking a joy ride from the brain to the heart—stopping at attractions to find a brand new start—be sure to bow your heads and mock and jest—when the mind follows and ignores all those left—hone in on your futuristic life and enjoy the trip—focus within your mind until apart it has become ripped—beats doing time in reality and being left for dead—rise from a lake of blood and see how long you can tread A COLLECTION OF THEMES AND SONGS VOLUME 2--50 POEMS AND 50 SONGS ON DEATH, THE UNIVERSE, AND EVERYTHING IN IT--HERE IS A POEM FROM THE BOOK--ANYTHING GOESprocrastination comes best when I am sizing myself up—any way you want to expect it—is how exactly I am going to show you—show you the way—a new way—get ready—get set—let's goI always tend to enjoy visiting nothing land—where everything is a free for all—what comes up—must come down—the hell inside my skull is driving me six feet underground—I believe I just blew my coveror did I ever have a cover to blow—I constantly remind myself that I am everywhere—once you think you believe in me—think againone false belief in me is all I need—that is when I will size you up to become my next fallen prey—from your soul to mine and then back again—here's to drinking with you—cheerson one final note—anyone here interested in playing a game of charades—you show me your best outfit—I'll show you mine—anything goes--THERE ARE 2 MORE BOKS IN THIS VOLUME--9 EPIC TRAGEDIES (9 EPIC POEMS) AND MY MIND SHADOW AND I. (A BOOK OF 100 SONGS)--HAVE A BLESSED DAY!

A new book of verses of Rumi by an award-winning translator and poet. This selection captures Rumi in a rare mood and these are some of Rumi's most passionate and heartfelt expressions, each poem resonating with the intensity and fire rarely seen in English language before. Shiva says, "Rumi -- I am constantly reminded -- is a miracle. Everything about him is absolute magic. Poetry in perfect rhyme and meter poured out of him as he whirled for hours on end, or as he fell into various states of ecstasy and rapture. There is movement in every verse of Rumi. There is music, rhythm and breath in most of his poems in Persian."

Co-founder and co-editor of October magazine, a veteran of Artforum of the 1960s and early 1970s, Rosalind Krauss has presided over and shared in the major formulation of the theory of postmodernism. In this challenging collection of fifteen essays, most of which originally appeared in October, she explores the ways in which the break in style that produced postmodernism has forced a change in our various understandings of twentieth-century art, beginning with the almost mythic idea of the avant-garde. Krauss uses the analytical tools of semiology, structuralism, and poststructuralism to reveal new meanings in the visual arts and to critique the way other prominent practitioners of art and literary history write about art. In two sections, "Modernist Myths" and "Toward Postmodernism," her essays range from the problem of the grid in painting and the unity of Giacometti's sculpture to the works of Jackson Pollock, Sol Lewitt, and Richard Serra, and observations about major trends in contemporary literary criticism.

American Daydream, a hive-minded work of psychic fiction. This book consists of twelve interrelated short stories, each of which involves a popular game show and the power of suggestion.

This new anthology of Afrikaans poems accompanied by their English translations is an extended and revised edition of Afrikaans Poems with English Translations, edited by A.P. Grové and C.J.D. Harvey and originally published in 1962. Grové and Harvey's anthology gained a certain prominence in its time on which this anthology aims to build. It will also be a continuation of a specific tradition in Afrikaans literature, namely to collate the best and at the same time the most representative poems in an anthology.

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.