The Urinals of Hell

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Poetry has for too long been the territory of academics and ivory-tower philosophers. There have been several who have sought to reclaim poetry as the language of truth, no matter how painful: Li Ho, Stephen Crane, Kerouac, Kandel, Brautigan, Bukowski, Micheline. Now add to that list Joe Pachinko.

With a title inspired by a nightmare, this book is the first book of poetry from novelist Pachinko. The poems tell stories of doing time in transient hotels, being true to art, the trials and tribulations of love, and wine-inspired fantasies that amaze and disturb. These poems will trigger every emotion, but will never leave the reader ambivalent.

Author: Joe Pachinko

Publisher: Superstition Street Press

Customer Reviews

fantastic stuff
this is great painful honest stuff from someone I knew for many years. May he have true happiness...Attention shoppers! Pair your purchase of "The Urinals of Hell" with that late Victorian classic of creeping horror, Robert W. Chambers' "The King in Yellow."
Do Not Fear the Clown on the Barstool
Joe Pachinko is truly the most uncompromising poet we have in our midst today. He recalls the horror and the beauty of his concrete world. You must be open to the tiny gems of optimism in his work. They are there. It is a mistake to dismiss him as "obscene," he is an anthropologist, a scientist, an observer of the de-evolution of humanity. Bukowksi's dead. Get over it. Read Joe Pachinko.