Comedy Poetry

Memories are by nature unreal, untrue, inaccurate. They are only mental constructs that we use to organize our experiences. Some are cherished, some frightening, some lost. But they are the only reality we know. Andrew takes a non-linear approach to assembling memory bits into a collection of experiences, real and imagined. Using a variety of forms, including short stories, poems, and a play, we get a portrait of a man lost in time.

Be captivated by 40 creative original accounts on our exciting times! Enjoy the witty pieces (satire) on track star Bolt and the Royal Encounter, or on social issues like privacy and manners - tributes to Joan Rivers and Shirley Temple. Who is "The Art of the Dealer" or the "Don on the Run"? A dancing dragon? Find out about the lies devouring our society - Be challenged and ponder the burning issues in the collection on conservation, terrorism, violence and much more in a lyrical style.

Meet a cat called Cecilia, a disgruntled android named Doris, and a weasel called Popgoes and discover that with enough tea and dark chocolate you can achieve anything.

René Sydow lässt die angespitzte Zunge von der Kette und sticht zu: In brandneuen Texten geht er dem allgegenwärtigen Irrsinn auf den Grund, nimmt sich Minister, Medienmacher und andere Mitglieder des organisierten (V)Erbrechens vor. Vom Regierungssprecher bis zum Waffenhändler, vom Schönheitschirurgen bis zum eigenen Ich... nichts und niemand bleibt ungeschoren. Der mehrfach ausgezeichnete Wortakrobat geht in seinen bissigen Texten über die Politik hinaus und hinterfragt unser Weltbild mit schwarzem Humor, Spott und Poesie.

In Christian Gottschalks Glossen, Geschichten und Liedern finden Alltagsbeobachtungen, lakonische Jugenderinnerungen, Albernheiten und hingeschluderte Kapitalismuskritik zu einem friedlichen Miteinander. Menschlich großzügig, aber sprachlich eher pingelig, befasst er sich mit Poetry Slams, Gerüchen voller Nostalgie oder mit suizidalen Paarhufern. Und natürlich mit Münzferngläsern.

A new collection from an audacious, humorous poet celebrated for his "sky-blue originality of utterance" (Dwight Garner, The New York Times) Michael Robbins's first two books of poetry were raucous protests lodged from the frontage roads and big-box stores of off-ramp America. With Walkman, he...

Catherine Cohen, the one-woman stand-up chanteuse who has electrified the downtown NYC comedy scene in her white go-go boots, has been posting poignant, unfiltered poems on social media since before Instagram was a thing. A self-proclaimed self-obsessed millennial on the prowl with her beaded bag, she ponders guys who call you "dude" after sex, English-major dreams, true love during the pandemic, and other weighty matters in these captivating short lyrics.

Motivational speakers say the damnedest things, so this work critiques their ideas and statements.

Just imagine if you had only 800 words or less to use. How would you use them? There is no better way to use 800 words or less than to use them to praise and worship the tobacco industry.

Light a Fire is poetic, describing a girl's first, and what leads to a woman's reflection. BeeKels ArtOrigins describes a world of woman and man. The mindfulness that a young woman has when making choices made to ignite a relationship start with a single ember. The poetic fire builds, with timbers that describe trial and error that continues throughout a love story.

Poésies aux dessins de Michel Yzorche - mis en voix par Christian Gonon (de la Comédie Française)Tiroirs métalliques d’atelier où leurs secrets bien protégés attirent mon œil d’artisteTiroirs légèrement entrouverts où mes mains se glissent fébrilement. Fantasmagorie, œuvre puissante qui attache mon cœurComme celui d’un poète qui, saisi, agrippe ses mots sur les dessins du peintre.Alchimie de deux expressions confondues... un livre est né.