Virtual Poetry Reading 04.20.20 Join Michael Aaron Casares for a virtual poetry event as he reads select pieces from his upcoming collection, The Vanishing Poet. "Poems from the Edge of Forever" will go live on The Root of Many Returns YouTube channel on Friday April 20th, 2020 at 7 pm central standard time (UC -5). … Continue reading Poetry at the Edge of Forever: A Virtual Poetry Reading
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Behind the Scenes: A Writer’s Spring Cleaning
Checklists, rough drafts, & research. Notebooks. Rough drafts. Scratch and scribble. Writers are no stranger to hoarding pages and pages of old writing, throw away lines, brainstorming moments, scribble, and scratch. I finally decided to do a bit of 'Spring cleaning' only to find about a dozen tomes (some full, some not) of such writing. … Continue reading Behind the Scenes: A Writer’s Spring Cleaning
Pre-Order Now: The Vanishing Poet 04.21.2020
PRE-ORDER SPECIAL The Vanishing Poet by Michael Aaron Casares will be available 04.21.2020 from Virgogray Press. Pre-Order your copy now exclusively from TheRootOfManyReturns.com and get your copy signed by Michael, and shipped for free! In addition to that, all orders placed before 04/10/2020 will have their name added to the Acknowledgements Page and published … Continue reading Pre-Order Now: The Vanishing Poet 04.21.2020
Synopsis: The Vanishing Poet
The Vanishing Poet, poems by Michael Aaron Casares, collects poetry published just prior to the print-on-demand boom, between 2006 and 2010, on the independent circuit via chapbooks, now defunct online literary resources, and either international or limited run publications. Poems gathered in this collection were also previously published in rare, out of print chapbooks: Limbo … Continue reading Synopsis: The Vanishing Poet
Book Cover: The Vanishing Poet
Cover art for the new book, The Vanishing Poet, finally available. Very excited to see this coming together. More information soon.
2019, Half Way On
Hello, dear readers. I hope you are well. I'm dropping in a personal letter, to say hello, thank you for your support, and share a bit of news about my work and upcoming releases. The readership of The Root of Many Returns keeps growing, and trust me, when I say I can't wait to get … Continue reading 2019, Half Way On
The Art of Remembrance
Every now and then he comes to visit. What affinity towards, I do not understand. We understand each other. But there is much more in his solace-locked art and candor than I could ever dare to express. I never knew the man. It is safe to say I could have. Had I awakened to his … Continue reading The Art of Remembrance
Maggot Drain by Rozz Williams
This is the end of the line/road come to a close. Muted vision of the dead blends exhaustively with the wretched night that binds it, blinds us in wanton light— a flight not so easily ignored by those in whose arms death waits, enthroned... These are the nights of wasted bones, traced footsteps in mud, … Continue reading Maggot Drain by Rozz Williams
Who’s In Charge Here (Beneath the Triumph of Shadows) by Rozz Williams
Old ass monkeys swivel in the discuss/fiscuss lovers yahtzee style. Circle of viral disease spent in whirlpools of light hatred, beginnings of the new world… "Jimmy trick," the space captain moaned from beneath the cosmic red rays of radioactive dead curl. "You make my heart sing." A homosexual antibiotic for no sex in venereal hallway … Continue reading Who’s In Charge Here (Beneath the Triumph of Shadows) by Rozz Williams
Dear Skin by Rozz Williams
Electronic babble, shove off with thine elastic attitude. You condescending fuck hole, you tiny little prick, you don't have the persuasion to crash down my power of hope with rationalization. Tower of rubble, shovel dirt back in that open hole. My soul residing? Hiding there. A devilish grin of rich desire, more fire devouring flame, … Continue reading Dear Skin by Rozz Williams
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