"If Rob Plath's critically acclaimed 300 page collection A Bellyful of Anarchy was the monster, and his follow-up book There's A Fist Dunked In Blood Beating In My Chest was the bride, My Soul Is A Broken Down Valise is the bastard child of this unholy union. Here, Plath forges new ground in clean, concise lines and demonstrates why he has been called the father of modern poetry."
The Skeleton Sutras by RobPlath Paperback, 40 Pages, Published 2016 by Epic Rites Press ISBN-13: 978-1-926860-55-8, ISBN: 1-926860-55-1
"A Skeleton'S Tale The skeleton was sad. He lived in a crypt on fire. Although he was all bones, he owned a heart. His heart had adapted to the flames, but he feared someday it'd turn into smoke. Some nights when the fire died down he'd take his heart from behind his ribs, cup it in his bone hands and talk to it. I won't let you turn to smoke, he'd say. One day there won't be any walls to hold us. One day we'll lie in a green field and t ..."
In Rot We Trust Body Bag Nation by RobPlath, Janne Karlsson Paperback, 40 Pages, Published 2017 by Lummox Press ISBN-13: 978-0-9984580-1-4, ISBN: 0-9984580-1-5
"In Rot We Trust – Body Bag Nation Vol. 1, text by Rob Plath and illustrations by Janne Karlsson, seems like the work of two cadavers who refused to be dead and so they kicked their way out of their morgue drawers, beat the shit out of the grim reaper, danced on his bones, and then proceeded to scrawl poems and drawings on the cold, silent walls before escaping into the night. Don’t miss this chilling and humorous book filled with the ma ..."
"Alien Buddha Zine #15. March 2020. No Sin Anthology (Zine Cut) 135-150Adrian Manning (136), Alexis Rhone Fancher (138), Amanda Lee Calderon (139),John Drudge (140), Kurt Newton (141), LB Sedlacek (142), Mike Zone (143),Pete Donohue (145), Wolfgang Carstens (148)Interview with Becky Narron, editor at Terror Tract Publishing, and much more"
"Masks Are Never Enough. Alien Buddha Press 2019. In May of 2018, Marcel Herms, Alien Buddha, and a gang of poets told us that Masks Are Not Enough. The Abstract artist shared with us 10 paintings, and chose 10 writers to each craft a poem for every piece of art. The results were miraculous, and we knew we had to go back to this concept.Later that year it was made known that Masks Still Aren’t Enough. Marcel shared 10 new paintings, and ..."
We're No Butchers by RobPlath Paperback, 40 Pages, Published 2011 by Epic Rites Press ISBN-13: 978-1-926860-07-7, ISBN: 1-926860-07-1
"Drama. "Bumps, drunks, egoists, racists, creationists, darwinists—they all live under one roof...and they're loud. 'Don't talk politics with your crazy family. / Don't push people's buttons. / Don't fall asleep with a smoke in yer drunk yap. / Oh, and don't misread a book.' Cuz if you do, you'll have a gang of one-dimensional freaks screaming at you—a gang at home with Beckett, Tarantino and the boys from A Clockwork Orange. And they'll ..."
"Poetry. Plath's first feature book release, A BELLYFUL OF ANARCHY, was released in 2009 by Epic Rites Press. If A BELLYFUL OF ANARCHY was Plath's monster, then THERE'S A FIST DUNKED IN BLOOD BEATING IN MY CHEST is the monstrous bride of the creature. Eighty-two new poems by Plath are presented in this volume, with an additional six poems riding shotgun in the footer of every page."
Whiskey and Clay by RobPlath 22 Pages, Published 2007 by Pudding House Publications ISBN-13: 978-1-58998-602-2, ISBN: 1-58998-602-4
"... poetry superhighway shotgunning beers with christ the blotter magazine 3 am
debris walls like an angry fist quillbillies sunny side eggs & flypaper mad swirl
ashes, junkyards, & strays showcase press poetry journal the kingdom of heaven
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"This book a refreshing and invigorating journey into imagery and emotion as layered in the language of the soulful living in the moment, with a grand visage of the past and hopeful beacon into the future. The poetics here are exemplary and profound, with a spirit that endures and heals as it goes with you hand in hand."
Swallowtude by Pablo Vision, RobPlath Paperback, Published 2017 by Epic Rites Press ISBN-13: 978-1-926860-60-2, ISBN: 1-926860-60-8
"Harry is an angry, out-of-work writer who is sick to his stomach of existence. It's not that Harry's afraid of doing himself in-it's just that for now he prefers suicide to be a slow striptease of sex, booze, drugs, etc. Through all lower-case, straight razor-sharp prose, Plath's experimental novel Swallowtude slashes the Void into ribbons and carves JUST LIVE into our brains."
An Ax for The Frozen Sea by RobPlath Paperback, 41 Pages, Published 2015 by Epic Rites Press ISBN-13: 978-1-926860-45-9, ISBN: 1-926860-45-4
"Whether you're a productive writer or one who suffers frequent blocks, AN AX FOR THE FROZEN SEA will surely jumpstart your creativity. Beware-this is no ordinary book. It asks a lot from the reader/writer. The thirty-five wonderfully disturbing exercises demand that the spleen be wrung out onto the page. Candor is mandatory. This daring book takes revenge on all the safe, writing exercise books that generate bloodless and calculated wor ..."
Death Is Dead by RobPlath Paperback, 50 Pages, Published 2013 by Epic Rites Press ISBN-13: 978-1-926860-11-4, ISBN: 1-926860-11-X
""Death is Death is a harrowing descent into the mind of a poet who is clinging to his sanity by the barest of fingernails."–George Anderson"The Devil invited Plath to dinner. The beer was warm, the steak poisoned. But Plath wasn't having any of it. He brought flowers, and milk for the cat. Furious, the Devil spat fire, slashed with his claws. Plath just smiled, stroked the purring cat, wondering how truly beautiful that ancient, fateful ..."
"some poets fear drawing blood they just flirt w/ the audience & maybe play the knife game where you spread yr fingers & stab a blade between the quivering digits but they never even speed up & the blade folds back into its bed unstained but not before slicing up goddamn apples"
"Zachary Dilks (from Wire My Scars Electric).. 5 Don Beukes (from Icarus Rising)…………….. 17 Ryan Quinn Flanagan (from Hello Brinksmanship)….. 30 Bree (From Our Little Hope)………………… 37 Holly Day (from The Yellow Dot of a Daisy)… 53 Ken Allan Dronsfield (from A Taint of Pity)... 69 Rus Khomutoff (from Immaculate Days)…… 76 Gideon Cecil (from A Season to Love)………. 84 Ahmad Al-Khatat (from Love on the War’s Frontline)……………………………………… 88 Warren ..."
A Bellyful of Anarchy(1st Edition) by Robert Plath Paperback, 302 Pages, Published 2009 by Epic Rites Press ISBN-13: 978-0-9811844-1-8, ISBN: 0-9811844-1-3
"Poetry. "A BELLYFUL OF ANARCHY is a tour de force dissection of a world gone rotten"--RD Armstrong, Lummox Press. In this 300-page volume a wide selection from the works of one of the most popular figures in the modern poetry revival is given for the first time. It will undoubtedly become the definitive anthology of Plath's best poetry and has already garnered some outstanding reviews. It contains works that speak of contemporary life i ..."