EDUCATORS, TAKE NOTEthe recentand bewilderingtrendof tumblr-poetsgetting book dealsand selling thousands of copiesof these booksis redefining poetryin the minds of impressionable kiddiesas 'any thought that pops into your headas long as you hit entera bunch of times.'and even thoughthese poems hereare full of blowjobs,and whale-on-human sex,and blowjobs,and hand jobs,and blowjobs,and drinking,and bird-murder,and blowjobs,they are still better examples of 'poetry'than anythinglang leavwill ever w...

An refreshingly unpretentious collection of poetry containing witty, sardonic and relatable entries.

A great collection and I can't wait to get my hands on more!

I interviewed Arthur about this book and more, and you can listen here!I'm holding my review hostage.Enjoy these saucy pics instead!! http://www.horrorsleazetrash.com/art-...

Personally, as someone who compiles/publishes various types of writers, I really respect what HST has done here. It was a full spread of silly, fearless, and personal poetry, and I love a full spread (thank you bryana) I'm looking forward to reading the next quarterly, and hopefully contributing again.

This arrived a while ago in a care package sent to me by the author/editor. (Arthur Graham CARES, people! He bloody well does!)My husband saw the cover, and the slender book disappeared for a while. It later appeared, slightly mangled, near the shitter, and I finally got to read it. (On the back porch. Not the shitter.) There's some really wonderful stuff here, including poems by some Goodreads members. It's hard to pick a favorite, though Johnny Scarlotti's Blue Whale made me snort with laught...

Well, I was in the middle of Petrarch's lyrical poems listening to him go on and on about Laura. 366 poems about the love of his life that he never spoke a word too. The guy was completely obsessed. Today there would be a restraining order or he would be sharing a cell with John Hinckley sharing Laura and Jodie Foster stories. The guy was even jealous of the earth because when Laura died the earth would embrace her forever and he never could. That might be normal for a medieval poet but what abo...

Full DisclosureI sucked dickIn exchangeFor a freeCopy ofHSTQuarterly.No honest Review wasRequired.Arthur said It was great,Anyway.Well-Bred Poets Knitting CircleDare I say it, my only qualm with this book is that it wasn't horrible, sleazy or trashy enough. To my untrained eye, it actually stands as a collection of reasonably good contemporary poetry. To the extent that occasionally so-called objective standards might lapse, it's usually compensated for by a sense of humour or (self-) parody (i...

Cheers to the gods of sex, wine, and poetry.

As part of my New Year's reading, I plan on reading Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Henry Miller, and Milan Kundera and I will be working my way through those author's oeuvre. I'm also going to finish off Italo Calvino, who I started last year. Each year, I also re-read all of J.A. Carter-Winward's works. Of course, I still have a couple of Charles Bukowski's books sitting in the bathroom. With this type of year of reading on tap, I also realized that I've carried most of the HST Quarterlies in my "Currentl...

There’s a lot more depth to these poems than I had expected for a collection that’s primarily concerned with Horror, Sleaze and Trash. The poems themselves might dwell on attributes of those three themes, but the poetry itself isn’t trashy or sleazy. For a selection of various poets, this works very well as a collection, where the individual pieces combine to make a satisfying whole. My favourites were the introductory ‘Contemporary Poetry’ by Michael Marrotti, ‘hand in hand’ by J. J. Campbell,

thought this was a decent collection overall -poems that stood out to me were cosmic loophole by ally malinenko, what might have been by arthur graham, and big shot by ben john smith

Always entertaining. Great cover. My favorite poem this issue was "hand in hand" by J.J. Campbell.Also enjoyed Andy Carrington's piece on Sigourney Weaver, "Dangerous" by John D. Robinson (insight at the urinal), Ryan Quinn Flanagan's unique take on workers comp, and the poems of John Grochalski and Ben John Smith. HST never fails to deliver. Recommended reading.

HST quarterly is, and will continue to be, something I read to satisfy that nook of my brain that craves things witty and cynical.

Brief but sly collection of mind vomit paper napkin poetry, some drollness amongst the weariness, sometimes the good stuff does require unthinking. I liked that this didn’t go on too long. Wanting more is one of those good things.It seemed like it was having a conversation with itself, and I was eavesdropping. Another good thing. Shows that someone had actually thought about what was included, or that had at least happened as a happy accident. Whatever the case, these poems complement, sometimes...

There's a lot of poetry that I look at condescendingly because I'm not a 15-year-old angst-ridden teen anymore. This is not that kind of poetry. These poems tend to focus on what it's like to be both a low-life (in the non-judgmental sense) and a poet. While I'm not a poet, I can appreciate the meta-narrative aspect here. It sounds like being a poet really, really sucks, so maybe I made the right decision? I don't know. There are all kinds of horrors (in the non-monster sense) associated with it...

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I only read it for the poems.See Bryana's full spread (quite literally) here.

Zero stars from me cause I'm in it.

...........And the winner for this year's best cover goes to Bryanna. From the title and description I was expecting some filthy, violent and scary poetry, the collection is not as shallow as that. It starts off a bit sensible, then gets angry and quite shouty, then things start to get a bit rude and then near the end things take a serious turn. The ordering of the poems and the layout has been perfectly done.I'm quite proud of myself because I have read stuff by 4 of the poets, quite an achieve...