"FUCK CANCER POEMS" by Michael Grover is one year old!

Hard to believe the Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "FUCK CANCER POEMS" by Michael Grover was published a year ago!

You can still acquire a copy from the Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/546767836/new-fuck-cancer-poems-by-michael-grover?ref=shop_home_feat_2

Cover Artist Craig Firsdon received his copies of "From One Ruined Human to Another"!

Poet and artist Craig Firsdon received his copies of the poetry chapbook, "From One Ruined Human to Another" by Juliet Cook, for which he created the cover art for the outside front cover (shown here; photo taken by Firsdon) and inside front cover.

The chapbook was published this month by Cringe-Worthy Poets Collective and can be acquired here - https://www.cwpcollectivepress.com/bookstore-1/from-one-ruined-human-to-another OR directly from me.

Craig Firsdon also created the cover art for the poetry chapbook, "Fuck Cancer Poems" by Michael Grover, which was published by Blood Pudding Press last year and which can be acquired here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/546767836/new-fuck-cancer-poems-by-michael-grover?ref=shop_home_feat_2

The cover art of "From One Ruined Human to Another"

The cover art of "Fuck Cancer Poems"

If anyone who receives a copy of my new chapbook OR any Blood Pudding Press chapbook feels inclined to take a photo of the chapbook (or of you with the chapbook), please feel free to send the photo to me or post the photo and tag me, because I like those kind of photos.

TWO 2017 Chaps for a lower price - Cutting Eyes by Den Bleyker, Thirsty Bones by Lilius, Fuck Cancer Poems by Grover, Paloma by Hudgens

Set of TWO! – Get two 2017 Blood Pudding Press Poetry Chapbooks for a substantially reduced price!

Choose TWO among the following four:

-Cutting Eyes From Ghosts by Ariana D. Den Bleyker

-Thirsty Bones by Sarah Lilius

-Fuck Cancer Poems by Michael Grover

-Paloma by Jennifer E. Hudgens

Each of these four poetry chapbooks costs $7.00 individually; with this listing, you will pay $10.00 for two of them, saving $4.00.
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Find out more about each of these chapbooks by perusing their individual item listings.

Cutting Eyes From Ghosts - https://www.etsy.com/listing/512469489/new-cutting-eyes-from-ghosts-by-ariana-d?ref=shop_home_feat_3

Thirsty Bones - https://www.etsy.com/listing/522735584/new-thirsty-bones-by-sarah-lilius-2017?ref=related-3

Fuck Cancer Poems - https://www.etsy.com/listing/560564955/new-fuck-cancer-poems-by-michael-grover?ref=listing-shop-header-1

Paloma - https://www.etsy.com/listing/562664430/new-paloma-by-jennifer-e-hudgens?ref=shop_home_active_1

They are indeed available separately, but buy two together and acquire double the powerful poetry for a special rate.

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If you have color preferences, as described in the individual listings, feel free to leave a note about the colors you would like too.

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A Powerful New Review of the New "Fuck Cancer Poems" by Michael Grover (thank you to Matthew J Hall)!

"From empathy comes understanding. From understanding comes purpose. Above all else, Fuck Cancer Poems is a book of purpose. Grover is most certainly saying, fuck you, to the cancerous cells he hosts. Moreover, though, his resounding, fuck you!, is aimed at a wider pain; a common pain that the populace plays host to. The pain of loss. The discomfort of playing against the odds. The sorrow of getting older and watching friends die. The frustration of baring witness to money-hungry leaders rising from the ranks of schizophrenic government. These poems are a thoughtful response and a gut-deep reaction. They are the fuck destruction poems. They are fuck apathy poems. Fuck suffering quietly poems. Fuck loneliness poems. Fuck banal poetry poems. These are the resolute, empathetic, defiant, purposeful words of a man who has looked death in the eye; these are, Michael Grover’s, fuck cancer poems."

from a powerful new review by Matthew J. Hall of the Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "Fuck Cancer Poems" by Michael Grover.

read the entire review HERE - http://www.screamingwithbrevity.com/review-fuck-cancer-poems-michael-grover/

purchase your own copy of "Fuck Cancer Poems" from the Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress

Dan Denton recommends "Fuck Cancer Poems" by Michael Grover (Blood Pudding Press 2017)

"Ever read a poem that makes the hair on the back of your neck stand at attention? Ever read a poem that covers your arms in goosebumps?

Michael Grover’s latest chapbook from Blood Pudding Press is classic Grover at his finest. ‘Fuck Cancer Poems,’ is raw, gritty, and honest. It provides a small glimpse of a poet warrior fighting cancer with all he’s got.

Go buy his book. It’s $7."

https://www.etsy.com/listing/546767836/new-fuck-cancer-poems-by-michael-grover

Poetry Book Recommendations

"Eileen recommends: Hell and High Water by outlaw poet Wolfgang Carstens, who is not afraid, Fuck Cancer Poems by Michael Grover, whose work is touching and brave, and Your Black Opium by Katie Doherty of Paper and Ink Literary Zine, who doesn't hold back."

Thank you for the recommendations and the creative photo, Eileen Murphy!  :)

Anyone interested in acquiring their own copy of "Fuck Cancer Poems" by Michael Grover can get it from the Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/546767836/new-fuck-cancer-poems-by-michael-grover?ref=shop_home_active_6

Another New "Fuck Cancer Poems" has found a new home!

Another New "Fuck Cancer Poems" found a new home!

Angel Uriel Perales' photo of his copy of "Fuck Cancer Poems" by Michael Grover. :)

You can acquire your very own copy from the Blood Pudding Press shop here  - https://www.etsy.com/listing/560564955/new-fuck-cancer-poems-by-michael-grover?ref=shop_home_feat_4

Another New "Fuck Cancer Poems" has found a new home...on Halloween!

Tzynya L. Pinchback received her copy of "Fuck Cancer Poems" by Michael Grover on Halloween.  Bwahahahaha!

You can acquire your very own copy from the Blood Pudding Press shop here - https://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress

"Thrilled this chap from Blood Pudding Press arrived just before bed on Halloween. I sat up reading it well into the night. Today, I will uncoil and read it again. Thanks to Juliet Cook for the kind note and to her press for publishing Michael Grover's work."

Tzynya L. Pinchback

And Yet Another New "Fuck Cancer Poems" has found a new home!

Matthew J. Hall received his copy of the new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "Fuck Cancer Poems" by Michael Grover!

Get your own copy from the Blood Pudding Press shop here - https://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress

(By the way, Matthew J. Hall is a Blood Pudding Press poet too - and his poetry chapbook, "Pigeons and Peace Doves" can also be acquired from the Blood Pudding Press shop.) 

And Another New "Fuck Cancer Poems" has found a new home!

Htiek Murdnal received his copy of the new Blood Pudding poetry chapbook, "Fuck Cancer Poems" by Michael Grover!

Get your own copy from the Blood Pudding Press shop here - https://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress

Yet Another New "Fuck Cancer Poems" has found a home!

Drew Coomer received his copy of "Fuck Cancer Poems" by Michael Grover (appearing next to his copy of "Rasputin: A Poetry Thread Anthology")!

Acquire your own copy of "Fuck Cancer Poems" here - https://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress

Another New "Fuck Cancer Poems" has found a home!

Dan Denton received his copy of the new "Fuck Cancer Poems" poetry chapbook by Michael Grover (Blood Pudding Press, 2017)!

"Michael Grover has been a friend, a brother, and a poetry teacher/mentor to me for the past couple of years. I’ve watched cancer pretty much kick his ass a few times. I’ve seen him at some pretty low spots in his fight with the big ‘C.’

I’ve also had the pleasure of watching Mike throw a few punches of his own in that battle. Today I got this in the mail. I couldn’t be more proud of him for writing this, and grateful that Blood Pudding Press published it.

You can order your own copy here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress

Thanks Mike. Fuck Cancer!

*footnote* my buddy Craig Firsdon designed the cover"

The First New Review of the New "Fuck Cancer Poems" by Michael Grover (thank you to Christina Brooks)!

A new book review written by Christina M. Brooks of the new "Fuck Cancer Poems" poetry chapbook by Michael Grover (Blood Pudding Press 2017):

"I've never cried thru a book of poetry before but I did with this one. And I still feel teary writing this review. I know the poet personally. Michael is a good friend and has been a staunch supporter of my own poetry from day one. It does make me sad that he is struggling with cancer. And I don't know how long he will be with us. But reading Fuck Cancer Poems that wasn't what brought the tears. What brought the tears was the very penetrating, real writing in it.

Michael has a very rebellious spirit... he sometimes comes off as gruff and combative with people and he has paid a heavy personal cost because of that. But underneath that exterior is a very perceptive, battle weary poetic warrior. His writing has a clarity you don't see very many places or hear from many people anymore. And I think it was that clarity, and the very raw, personal character of these poems that hit me so deeply. I felt these poems. They aren't just about his personal battle with cancer... but a keen eyed look at "cancer" in its other forms too.

Anyway, Thank you Michael Grover for writing these.. and thank you Juliet Cook for publishing them. And thank you to Craig Firsdon for the cover art.

And though they will probably make you cry I highly recommend this book."

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Thank you very much to Christina Brooks for this wonderful review.

Anyone interested in acquiring their own copy of "Fuck Cancer Poems" can get it from the Blood Pudding Press shop here - https://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress

Another Photo of Another Copy of the New "Fuck Cancer Poems" by Michael Grover (Blood Pudding Press 2017)

Charles Cicirella received his copy of the new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "Fuck Cancer Poems" by Michael Grover!

Get your own copy from the Blood Pudding Press shop here - https://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress

Another New Photo of "Fuck Cancer Poems" by Michael Grover (Blood Pudding Press 2017)

John Burroughs received his copy of the new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "Fuck Cancer Poems" by Michael Grover!

(Appearing in this photo, next to collections by Molly Fuller and Dan Smith. Thank you to John for sharing his photo).

Get your own copy from the Blood Pudding Press shop here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/560564955/new-fuck-cancer-poems-by-michael-grover?ref=shop_home_feat_4

A new photo of new and old Blood Pudding Press chapbooks!

Vertigo Xi'an Xavier received his parcel of Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbooks! The new "Fuck Cancer Poems" by Michael Grover, and some older Blood Pudding chapbooks too...

Growling Softly - a multi-writer chapbook (sort of like a onetime extra-special print lit mag) containing the work of 28 different poets, published 10 years ago!

Three of Blood Pudding Press editor and poet Juliet Cook's own older chapbooks - Planchette (2008) - Soft Foam (2010) - and POST-STROKE (2011).

Letters From Room 27 of the Grand Midway Hotel by Margaret Bashaar (2011).

All of these chapbooks are still available from the Blood Pudding Press shop, linked to below

(photo taken by Vertigo Xi'an Xavier)

https://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress

Another photo of "Fuck Cancer Poems" by Michael Grover (Blood Pudding Press 2017) which is now Officially Available!

The orders of "Fuck Cancer Poems" by Michael Grover are arriving at their new homes - the last Preordered copies of this new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook were mailed this past weekend - and the chapbook is now officially available!

From here on out, any purchased orders will be heading your way within 1-3 business days!

Anyone interested in receiving their very own copy of "Fuck Cancer Poems", heading their way within 1-3 business days, it can be procured at the Blood Pudding Press etsy shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress

Kerry Jensen Trautman's copy of Fuck Cancer Poems, next to an evil khroma (photo taken by Kerry Jensen Trautman)

"Fuck Cancer Poems" by Michael Grover (Blood Pudding Press 2017) is now Officially Available!

The orders of "Fuck Cancer Poems" by Michael Grover are now arriving at their new homes - the last Preordered copies of this new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook were mailed this past weekend - and the chapbook is now officially available!

From here on out, any purchased orders will be heading your way within 1-3 business days!

Anyone interested in receiving their very own copy of "Fuck Cancer Poems", heading their way within 1-3 business days, it can be procured at the Blood Pudding Press etsy shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress

Eileen Murphy's copy of "Fuck Cancer Poems" (photo by Eileen Murphy)

Christina M. Brooks copy of "Fuck Cancer Poems" (photo by Christina M. Brooks)

The New September Flock of Thirteen Myna Birds has Arrived!

The NEW September flock of Thirteen Myna Birds is HERE: https://13myna.blogspot.com/

It starts with three sampler poems from the new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "Fuck Cancer Poems" by Michael Grover.

It includes new poetry by Heikki Huotari, Daniel G. Snethen, M.Stone, Steve Sibra, Eileen Murphy, Dan Flore III, and Leona Vander Molen.

"Watching myself die - Mauve spidery velvet - Rotting wild cherries dropped like marbles in the soil - tangled up in our own seaweed - Pain has worked grooves into your face like bone - Everyone has their own sickness to feed - the stag’s spirit easily hopped into Father’s open mouth - panic for A sting never intended - Whenever I am in a plastic bag you can't decide - I drown in the tub while You go back to bed - The moon is melted, all but shelled - in one of those collages they put together for viewings and funerals"

NEW from Blood Pudding Press - "Fuck Cancer Poems" by Michael Grover now available for pre-order!

"All of these things mean nothing anymore

The places you've lived

The crazy places

The things you've seen

The crazy stories

Burned like photographs in the mind

Burn it all down

It has made you what you are

It seems so few people understand

That it doesn't matter anymore

We've all lost our minds down here

A long time ago

We are all lost in our own delusion

We are all lost in our own minds

We are all lost"

from the poem "All These Things Mean Nothing Anymore", within the poetry chapbook Fuck Cancer Poems by Michael Grover, now available for pre-order within the Blood Pudding Press, HERE: https://www.etsy.com/listing/560564955/pre-order-fuck-cancer-poems-by-michael?ref=shop_home_feat_4

The chapbook includes 22 poems by Michael Grover.

The cover art was created by Craig Firsdon.

Pre-ordered purchases are expected to be mailed within the third week of October, possibly sooner.