by John C. Goodman
The powerless, the disenfranchised, the beaten, the wretched. The needy, the impoverished, the desperate, the dirty, the shame. The secret shame of ourselves…
by Joseph Reich
wandering dark home naked alone bare boned nightmare after nightmare after nightmare after nightmare
by Jason Hardung
I watched myself walk in the mirrors on the ceiling-the last days of civilization played out
over my head like a lifetime achievement award montage…
By Susan Morgan Bosler
What is the difference between writing poetry and writing song lyrics? How different are lyrics from poetry? Which produces a more emotional and moving experience?
by Jason Hardung
The Melrose pavement was shit hot, as a lost boy beat his brains with a pay phone receiver-
Jesus called collect again…
Music by THETHE nothing but monumental lyrics accompanied by the sounds of a band that just wont die…Matt Johnson one of this magazines editors’ most influential writers having inspired mountains of poetry…
by Mike Carson
I once soared beyond the pale, well beyond the mundane and ordinary. I remain there forever.
I am not of them and they know not of me or mine…
by Desiderata
utopian blood spoils, smells sticky sweetness constricted womb expelling capitalist dogma
destruction wafts rising on icy winds, smells of repression castrated agnatic double light of incest, the perversion…
The Plebian Rag is proud to present the last interview conducted by Stephen Morse, please leave your condolences in the comments to remember this great poet. “Sileo in Pacis” (rest in peace)
by Desiderata
Lucid, muse, I have become my father sans the heroin, happiness, and the discomfiture of the mental institution, I am the disjunctive synthesis of abandonment
The Cultural Significance of Dead Whores
Posted on March 4th, 2010
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