tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31881894279055711662011-11-21T15:15:52.570-06:00paul ingrassiaPaul Ingrassiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12829356614000863852noreply@blogger.comBlogger521100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188189427905571166.post-29285341971524007732011-10-06T22:20:00.002-05:002011-10-06T22:23:50.439-05:00

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the sun shines black,blossoms burst from decay -life is an abstract concept,reality? decadence at play...

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Two of my Prose Poems, entitled 'Zozobra' and 'Psalms Of Purgatory', were published today at 'the little black book' (a subsection of Sketchbook). Check 'em out: http://poetrywriting.org/Sketchbook0-0LittleBlackBook/Little_Black_Book_JanFeb_2011_Paul_Ingrassia_Prose_Poems_Zozobra_Psalms_of_Purgatory.htm

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lost and forgotten...aren't we all?who doesn't have a story,who doesn't have a tragedy,who doesn't have a tear?who doesn't have afear?can you hear?your heart, your soul -calling,falling,lost...scrambling among the vines,tearing for freedom,clawing for life...why?

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Scroll down to the bottom of the blog for the latest installment of Rock & Troll, Abney Park's Airship Pirate.

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Saw this at Facebook and had to share. It's what my answer would have been!

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Check out my latest flash tale, 'Late One Night In An Empty Bar', over at Atroll's Flashfiction: http://trollfic.wordpress.com/Enjoy!

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FROM: http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/scariest_path.html

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The Best Of Every Day Poets One was released on 1/1/11, and contains one of my cinquain poems. For more information, including ordering details, visit: Every Day Poets

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CM Distro sent this awesome Baphomet Xmas image in their sale email this morning. I thought it was so cool, I just had to share it!For all your headbanging, slamdancing, ear-splitting needs, visit www.cmdistro.comHappy Holidays to all!

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My latest work to be published, a prose poem entitled 'Why Do We Bury Our Dead?', will be appearing in the December 9th issue of Every Day Poets. To check it out, or to get a free subscription delivered to your email inbox daily, please visit: http://www.everydaypoets.com/

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It has finally arrived, the new EP by Tom Gabriel Warrior's band Triptykon entitled Shatter Eparistera Daimones Accompanied. I was really anticipating this follow-up to the album, a piece I had also highly anticipated. I was not disappointed, as the title track and the second song, I Am The Twilight, are awesome, definitely an extension of the album. The third track, Crucifixus, is an earlier

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The third installment of R&T brings us Osaka Popstar's latest video. Made up of members of The Misfits, Black Flag, The Ramones, and the Voidoids, Osaka Popstar delivers a bubblegum punk sound infused with pop-culture themes as well as classic punk influence. You can sing along to this stuff, just like old school punk!

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Two of my previously published horror tales. The first, Carnal Desire, was my first published piece of fiction.~~~Carnal DesireHe softly caresses her, lightly kissing her neck and breasts. Gently, he pulls her resisting legs apart and enters her. His mind swoons with lust as his body flushes with passion. His warm tongue explores her mouth as he makes love to her. Sweat beads upon his forehead as

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Some of my previously published work appropriate to the holiday...RemnantShe roamsthe dark halls, seen yet unseen, wandering memory of yesterday, lostin death.She weepstales of pain, heardyet unheard, whisperingshadow of yesterday, callingin death.She dwellsin herself, hereyet not here, a woefulvestige of yesterday, walkingin death.{First appeared in Amaze: The Cinquain Journal Volume 6, No. 2,

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As I am sure has been noticed, I have gotten a bit rabid about P&PRPGs again, particularly Tunnels & Trolls and related games by Ken St. Andre and others. To avoid clogging up DECADENT BLOSSOMS with endless posts about RPG gaming, I've decided to launch a new blog dedicated to just that. I call it TROLL HAMMER, and you can find it here: http://trollhammerpress.blogspot.com/TROLL HAMMER is also a

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I've changed the song in the Rock & Troll feature at the bottom of the blog. We say goodbye to Finntroll and hello to Idiot Flesh. Idiot Flesh was an anti-rock performance band, masters of the bizarre, and quite talented. After the demise of Idiot Flesh, several core members continued together and formed the band Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, one of my favorite bands. Enjoy the foray into

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I bought the pdf version of Metamorphosis Alpha 1st Edition from RPGNow today. I wanted all the errata and extra stuff that came with it. They also had free character sheet downloads. I've always been fascinated by the setting of MA, post-apocalyptic lost in space, what a terrifying concept. I plan on buying House on the Hill in the near future as well, while it is on sale. It is the first real

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nine years today...since my buddy paul left uspaul and many othersmothers, fathers, uncles, auntsdaughters, sons, nephews, and neicesi remember sucking down sudsand blowing smoke rings with paulcranking sabbath and priest and maidensmokin' 'boros in the bathroomit'd been a long time since i'd seen himtoo long, you know how it goes after high schoolmarried, children, divorced, remarried, more

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For any who may be interested, there is a new place waaayyy at the bottom of my blog called Rock & Troll. Every now and again, it will feature a new video from bands I think are cool. To kick it off, I have included a video I first saw at Trollhalla by the band Finntroll, entitled Trollhammeren.Pull on yer moshin' boots, grab a femur and yer drinkin' horn, and get ready to slam thy trollish

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I've won a copy of Tunnels & Trolls 1st Edition Special Print 1985 on ebay! I've always wanted to see the beginnings of my favorite RPG, and now it's on its way. I've also won, from the same seller, a hardcover copy of Gamma Trollworld, which is, as the name implies, Tunnels & Trolls done Gamma World style. How friggin' cool is that!I've been playing Tunnels & Trolls since about the mid-eighties,

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I recently downloaded a pdf RPG from DriveThruRPG called Warrior, Rogue and Mage, and it looks to be a great game. It is a rules light, classless system with game mechanics that use dice roll checks based upon attributes, skills, and talents. There are three attributes, Warrior, Rogue, and Mage, which allow for a flexibility in character design and development not found in many games. Characters

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I ordered a reprint of an old school pen and paper rpg called Monsters! Monsters! published by Flying Buffalo. It is the 'flip side' of Tunnels & Trolls, fantasy rpg from the monster's perspective. Cool, get to kick some adventurer butt!I also ordered The Toughest Dungeon In The World, an old Judges Guild solo adventure usable with either Tunnels & Trolls or Monsters! Monsters! I found it on ebay

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My next cinquain, titled Unwritten, will be published in the Sept 5, 2010 issue of Every Day Poets. To subscribe to EDP, visit: http://www.everydaypoets.com/

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My latest cinquain, entitled Empty Vessels, was published 7/31/10 at Every Day Poets. Check it out here: http://www.everydaypoets.com/empty-vessels-by-paul-ingrassia/

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Today I received a copy of Arthur Rimbaud Complete Works, translated by Paul Schmidt, I had ordered from ebay. Very exciting, his prose poetry is among the best ever written, and his is the classic, tragic story of the decadent, explosive poet. Strangely enough, most of his literary output was created before the tender age of 18, and he abandoned creative writing altogether before he was 21.I

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Hidden away, deep in his mound, away from the eyes of man, he watches, sometimes laughing, sometimes crying, sometimes numb. Other times, he creeps out from his mound, a stunted and twisted thing, into the shadows...Sometimes he dances in the gusts along the cliff's edge - other times his knife dances along a pale throat. Sometimes, he just rides his bulwand steed, prancing upon the breeze.

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My latest cinquain poem, There and Back Again, has been published at Sketchbook. You can read it here: http://poetrywriting.org/Sketchbook5-3MayJun2010/Sketchbook_5-3_MayJune_2010_I_Paul_Ingrassia.htm.My next cinquain, Empty Vessels, will be appearing in the July 31 issue of Every Day Poets. An excerpt from the EDP July Table of Contents announcement:"We start the month going Loco with A J Smith

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I bought a first edition copy (not sure if it was ever reprinted) of Mary Elizabeth Osborn's Adelaide Crapsey from ebay. This biography is from 1933 and is something I have wanted to read for a very long time. Definitely a score, as it is one of the few better known collectibles associated with Crapsey. It has a tight binding, complete pages, includes the dust jacket (wrapped in a preservative

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Hanging with the twin green faeries, blowing smoke rings and counting how many drops of ice water it takes to dissolve a sugar cube. Slipping into the funk of the surreal, irreal me, Patti Smith tells me 'bout Joe and then her Skunkdog, warming me up before an Apollyon Sun bathes my brain waves in techno-light. Merry Independence day, though not really sure just how independent my shit is. Are we

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Jerry Only of the Misfits sings the national anthem:http://misfits.com/news-details/JerryAnthemfs.htmlHappy Birthday to the best country in the world!

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Modern ArtBy Paul IngrassiaJason cautiously stepped into the fancy art gallery. His shrink told him to get out more, soak up some culture. He hated opera, so he figured some stuffy art exhibit would be the next best thing.Unsure of himself, Jason wandered aimlessly through the gallery halls. Statues, paintings, and dozens of other exhibits overwhelmed him. As he rounded a corner, he came upon a

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On May 10, 2010, the master of fantasy art, Frank Frazetta, passed away due to a stroke at 82 years old.Being a Robert E. Howard fan, Frazetta's work has been a part of my life since I was a kid. My mother even had two mirror/paintings of Frazetta's. They were paintings of Conan, which she didn't know, she just liked them! His work in comics and book covers is legendary. His art has inspired my

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Oh What A Nightby Paul IngrassiaA steady beeping woke Francine, and it made her head feel like a pounding bass drum.“What a freakin’ night,” she tried sitting up, but met with resistance.Her eyes snapped open, but it took a moment for her vision to clear. Slowly, a small room with stark white walls and no windows or doors came into perspective. Francine saw she was strapped to a gurney, naked,

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My Adelaide Crapsey collection consisted of, up until this week, the standard essential books: Smith's Complete Poem's and Collected Letters and Alkalay-Gut's Alone in the Dawn. This week I have had the pleasure of adding three items to my collection. The first, a copy of Crapsey's Verse published by Manas Press. This is the first edition from 1915. It is probably the one single book I have

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Tom G. Fischer, the Emperor of extreme occult metal, is back! His latest band, Triptykon, completes his musical triptych of extreme occult metal (Hellhammer~Celtic Frost~Triptykon). Eparistera Daimones is an album I was highly anticipating. I purchased the mp3 version (wanted that instant gratification), and it came with a digital booklet, which is a very cool extra, containing images, lyrics,

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I read the news last night, oh boy. I was devastated, Peter Steele, legendary frontman of Type O Negative and Carnivore, died April 14, 2010 of apparent heart failure. Just like that, in an instant, one of the most unique, creative, and intelligent voices in Metal history was silenced forever.I remember, back in the 1980s, first hearing Carnivore and saying "Holy fuck! It doesn't get much heavier

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Risen from the ashes of the awesome anti-rock performance band Idiot Flesh, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum is a band that can truly be called eclectic, strange, and unclassifiable. Their music can be melodic, artistic, creepy, and ass-kicking heavy, all in the same song. As far as genre, good luck, single songs contain multiple genres. Think the love child of opera raped by death metal and raised as

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http://www.noisecreep.com/2009/12/18/slipknot-snuff-short-film-premiere/

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42 years ago...February 3, 1968...Bronx, New York, USA...I was spat forth from the silent Dark Void into the chaotic light of manifestation. The path to today has been fraught with love and hate, passion and violence, stillness and chaos, bounty and decadence. Self-loathing is an art, arrogance an obsession. Trust may be earned, but segregation is an instinct. Peace is a dream, and aggression is

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SONG OF EVERYTHINGby Oonah V JoslinCheck out today's most excellent offering from Every Day Fiction: http://www.everydayfiction.com/song-of-everything-by-oonah-v-joslin/This piece is fantastic, an excellent example of the blurred boundaries between flash fiction and prose poetry. The imagery is vivid, the prose lyrical and musical, completely befitting the title and theme. The content is at once

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This zombie flick was a nostalgic trip for me. I first saw it when I was maybe ten-years-old, and it scared the living shit out of me. I wanted to see if thirty years later I would laugh at myself for being so scared. Amazingly, I remembered much more of the movie than I expected (I guess it made quite an impression), and I wasn't disappointed.An acting troupe and their jerk-of-a-director visit

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Today's issue of Every Day Poets contained the poem The Gradual Loss Of Me by Kirsty Stanley. I found it to be well-written, emotionally charged, and thoroughly chilling. It drags you down into the depths of despair where you can't help but hold your last breath. A teary-eyed view of the one who goes ignored, and a deep, dark peek into the mind of suicide.Definite two thumbs up, highly

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I Am Legendby Richard MathesonTorISBN: 978-0-7653-5715-1I picked up the Tor version of this classic book, small format, and it contains the added bonus of including an additional 10 short stories by Matheson (I won't be covering the additional stories at this time). Funny thing is, nowhere at all does it indicate that the extra stories are included, and a quick look at the contents page makes it

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The Niteblade Anthology (Issue # 10) is available now! Order it in pdf or print format at http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/nothing-to-dread-a-niteblade-anthology/7932048.Niteblade is a magazine of horror and fantasy published four times a year. The issues are available free online at their website (but they contain ads), and are available for purchase as top-notch, ad-free, pdf issues.

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After six electronic issues in pdf format, Necrotic Tissue has evolved into a print magazine, and has done a fantastic job. The digest-sized magazine continues the standards of fiction and art established in the electronic issues, and the transition interpreted very well. The feel of the artwork and the overall layout establish a definite continuity and connection to the pdf issues.Then we get to

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This is great stuff!A gentleman by the name of Walter Skold has a passion for visiting the gravesites of dead American poets. He embarked on a 90 day journey in his 'poemobile' across country photo documenting, holding poetry readings, and creating what he calls 'tombstone art' at the gravesites of famous and forgotten American poets. His tombstone art consists of photo collages created at the

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Below I have posted two of my favorite prose poems by French decadent poet Baudelaire. He is considered by many to be a pioneering master in both decadent and prose poetry. He lived life as he pleased, was infamous for his drug use and indulgences, and much of his work reflects the beauty that can be found in death and decay. His work was considered shocking for its time, often called Satanic,

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In memory of Adelaide Crapsey, I present four of her poems below from her book entitled Verse. I have also included a poem (which is a tribute to Adelaide) written by Carl Sandburg from his book Cornhuskers . Finally, there is a tribute poem by myself.Paul~~~Moon Shadows Still as On windless nights The moon-cast shadows are, So still will be my heart when I Am dead. ~ Adelaide Crapsey~~Dirge

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OZYMANDIASPercy Bysshe ShelleyI met a traveller from an antique landWho said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stoneStand in the desert. Near them on the sand,Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frownAnd wrinkled lip and sneer of cold commandTell that its sculptor well those passions readWhich yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things,The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed.And

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One of my all-time favorite authors is Robert E. Howard (creator of Conan, Kull, Solomon Kane, etc.), here are a few of his poems.Enjoy!Howard commited suicide at the age of 30 after learning his mother would not recover from a coma. This was his suicide note:All fled--all done, so lift me on the pyre;The feast is over, and the lamps expire.An earlier poem shows his suicidal thoughts:THE

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In the dark ofthe candle's glow,I contemplate mypersonal imperfections,and minor thoughtsbecome creative moments.~ Paul 'The Mystic Fool' Ingrassia

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