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Goldfisher

borrowing from Bond he brings home the bloated baggie and scoops out blissful killifish, dropping one after the other into his plastic aquarium: the translucent bucket of gold paint these goldfish never swim, and his net is clotted from skimming them back out so often, but he knows he will find the right species eventually -- there are tens of thousands and if he knows his evolution, then only the fittest will survive
March 9, 2013Posted inGorelets: Unpleasant Poems
Posted inGorelets: Unpleasant Poems

A Poem on the >Original< Fridge of the Damned

Here's a typical "gorelets" poem...made with virtual refrigerator magnets on the "original" Fridge of the Damned. The fridge has been in cold storage for about a decade...but I thought you'd like to see this. Because -- horror of horrors! -- it's nearly defrosted! And over the next few days you will find out about the surprising rebirth of this damned fridge in 2013! You'll likely be surprised. Mum's the word for now, but for more vague teasers like this, drop by my flickr account for a growing set of photos, and do come back soon. And in the mean time,…
January 1, 2013Posted inGorelets: Unpleasant Poems
Posted inArnzen News Gorelets: Unpleasant Poems

MUTTERVERSE: All Halloween Day and Night Long!

Throughout #Halloween day I will tweet new poems inspired by my recent trip to @muttermuseum #MutterMuseum with hashtag #MUTTERVERSE— Michael Arnzen (@MikeArnzen) October 31, 2012 Happy Halloween! I enjoyed the Zombie Haiku tweet marathon on Halloween last year (which later was printed in The Gorelets Omnibus) so much that I am doing it again -- but it will be a little more somber and diverse this time with short free verse pieces about disease, deformity, body horror and medical freakitude, all inspired by my recent trip to the Mutter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia (and based on…
October 30, 2012Posted inArnzen News, Gorelets: Unpleasant Poems1 Comment
Posted inGorelets: Unpleasant Poems

Attack of the Bleu Man Group — Live at Morgantown Poets

Happy Halloween! The Science Fiction Poetry Association has gathered together a number of new readings of poetry related to Halloween on their website, as part of an annual tradition of terror. I've shared a clip from my live reading at Morgantown Poets this past June, which was a lot of fun: "Attack of the Bleu Man Group." This poem, which appears in The Gorelets Omnibus, actually had its very first publication in the form of a musically-enhanced number on this website a few Halloweens ago, which you can still listen to right here. Visit the SFPA Halloween Readings to hear…
October 24, 2012Posted inGorelets: Unpleasant Poems
Posted inGorelets: Unpleasant Poems

“Fuzzy Bunnies”: My First Book Trailer for The Gorelets Omnibus

Visit the book page for The Gorelets Omnibus or go directly to Raw Dog Screaming Press to order your copy today. By the way: although I've messed about with animated poems in the past, believe it or not, this video constitutes the very first "book trailer" for one of my single-author titles. If you like it, please leave comments, post it on your site or your favorite social network, or subscribe to my new channel on YouTube to support my continued efforts in this direction. There are some other trailers in a playlist there for books I appear in. I…
July 11, 2012Posted inGorelets: Unpleasant Poems