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by | March 16, 2019 · 10:09 am

sixftswellspress.com -The Press Sets Sail

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It is time for the Krewe of Six Ft. Swells Press to set sail once again in search of new adventures and great poetry. In light of this move we are excited to present our new website: http://www.sixftswellspress.com where you can sign up for free to follow us, support us and receive all information regarding the press and After-Hours Poetry.

Since the release of our last book, the wildly successful, Hell and High Water by Wolfgang Carstens, we have been planning, plotting, reconfiguring and preparing for the launch of our website and upcoming publications. We thank you for all the support in the past and welcome it carrying forward. We have many projects just beyond the horizon, many toasts to be had. All of which begins with our new website. Sixftswellspress.com features our publications, submission policy, videos, poems, upcoming projects, books for sale, links we love and newsletter. Through our website, we will continue to publish the top-shelf of modern poetry and inviting everyone to the After-Hours party.

Please take a moment to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter (just put in your email) and drop us a line with your thoughts; in poetic form or love notes left on the dresser.

A toast from us to you,

Todd Cirillo & Matt Amott

Six Ft. Swells Press Publishers

 

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by | April 1, 2018 · 8:41 am

www.Todd Gets Technical

Very happy to launch my new website: toddcirillo.com. A space to check out what’s happening in Todd’s poetry world; read poems, buy books, watch videos, contact me for reading and/or publishing opportunities, links to poetic friends and sites, pics, reviews, interviews, a parrot and extras. All the goodies to get good poetry out into the world. Pass it on to poetry lovers and those who don’t know they are yet.

Please visit my website at:

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https://www.toddcirillo.com

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by | December 28, 2017 · 6:48 am

Love Song from New Orleans to you…

A documentary of sorts. Poetry, music, video, images married together. I had the opportunity to work with the amazing and talented director, Esther Plumb Malo, to complete my desire to put my poems to film and then some. She went above and beyond. I am truly happy with how this video turned out. Please take a moment to see for yourself. Enjoy.

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by | December 5, 2017 · 5:44 pm

What DO poets talk about? Find out now.

What do poets talk about when they think everyone is listening? The question is answered in the latest episode of the acclaimed Poets Underground show is up on YouTube, click below to hear guest host, Todd Cirillo and guest poet/publisher, Wolfgang Carstens talk inspiration, poetry, the value of cuss words, his latest book, Hell and High Water (available for purchase below), selling out to the highest bidder and other half-truths from New Orleans to Alberta, Canada. Enjoy.

http://www.lulu.com/shop/wolfgang-carstens/hell-and-high-water/paperback/product-23418912.html

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by | November 3, 2017 · 6:07 am

More Beer Money and Great Poetry

We at Six Ft. Swells Press believe in celebration and we want you to have more beer money and great poetry. So we are offering you a 25% Discount if you order the book before November 15th in appreciation for your support of the small press and in celebration of Hell and High Water. Order your copies at the link below or to the right.

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Praise for Hell and High Water:

“In Wolf Carstens’ latest book of poetry HELL AND HIGH WATER he strips bare his relationship to his wife of twenty-five years- Tracy Lee. Fuck, he’s in for a good hiding when she finds out!”

–George Anderson, Bold Monkey

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by | October 28, 2017 · 6:29 am

Now Available! Hell and High Water

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The book is available NOW!! Click the link below or the Lulu link to your right! Us pirates at Six Ft. Swells Press are so thrilled to publish, Hell and High Water by Wolfgang Carstens, that we are hitting the rum hard in total celebration! To pre-atone for our drunken ways we are offering the book at a 25% DISCOUNT now until November 15th in honor of Wolfgang Carstens 25 years of matrimony, chronicled here in Hell and High Water.

The poems in Hell and High Water offer the gritty reality of a poet, husband, provider, father and shady romantic wrestling with life’s responsibilities and his own primal urges.  From the familiar dinner table to disastrous family vacations and mail order sex toys, Wolfgang Carstens presents us with vulnerability, humor, rawness, regret and the rejoicing in twenty-five years of intimacy with another as no other poet can. Carstens has wickedly disguised Hell and High Water as a twisted yet tender guide for the rest of us in maintaining the wildness among minivans, mortgages and matrimony.

http://www.lulu.com/shop/wolfgang-carstens/hell-and-high-water/paperback/product-23385664.html

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by | October 17, 2017 · 4:18 pm

Have you ever interviewed poets, publishers and pirates?

This is what it sounds like, take a listen to this interview with Wolfgang Carstens and Todd Cirillo by incredible interviewer, Marcia Epstein from Talk with ME. Poetry, publishing, Hell and High Water, partnerships, Six Ft. Swells and Epic Rites and many other joys are discussed. Enjoy

This AWESOME edition of Talk With ME is now on iTunes, GooglePlay and at http://lawrencehits.com/wp/blog/podcast/wolfgang-carstens-with-todd-cirillo-poets-publishers/
And the long post announcing the show is on https://www.facebook.com/TalkWithMeOnVoiceOfLawrence/

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by | October 1, 2017 · 6:29 pm

Hell and High Water is on the way….

On October 17th, Six Ft. Swells Press will release the next book in its acclaimed Top Shelf Poetry Series, Hell and High Water by Wolfgang Carstens. No matter how high the water mama or how hot the heat this book will kick the poetry world up a notch. Carstens offers a savage look into the essential life concepts of love, commitment, obligations, creativity, responsibilities, fatherhood, regret and the matrimonial benefits of good tequila. Hell and High Water, is about maintaining the wildness among minivans, mortgages and matrimony.

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Wolfgang Carstens lives in Canada with his wife, five kids, grandson, dog, mortgage and death. His poetry is printed on the backs of paid bills. More information at http://www.wolfgangcarstens.com.

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the human animal

possesses

an uncanny ability

to justify any action

after the fact:

if the devil didn’t make us do it,

we were drunk,

stoned

or temporarily

insane.

when all else fails

we blame it

on love.

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by | July 29, 2017 · 12:10 pm

New book: Arrows Go Thru Hearts by Will Staple

Six Ft. Swells Press is proud to release the long awaited collection Arrows Go Thru Hearts by Will Staple. This collection covers twenty-five years of Will’s distinct and craftsman like poetic genius.

Pulitzer prize winning poet, Gary Snyder, says “I have followed Will Staple’s unique, cranky, original poetry since we first met in the sixties…His book, Arrows Go Thru Hearts, has his particular original signature: something is here that belongs to the world of shamanism, deep power, a certain kind of sexual energy, a certain kind of rebellion. His steadiness and commitment to poetry is peerless.”

The book is available now, click on the link below:

https://www.amazon.com/Arrows-Go-Thru-Hearts-1970-1995/dp/0985307552/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501293004&sr=8-1&keywords=staple+and+snyder

 

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by | July 18, 2017 · 5:24 pm

Deep in the Heart of Dallas

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Grab your cowboy boots and ten gallon beer mugs, acclaimed poets and performers; Matt Amott, Bill Gainer and Todd Cirillo, along with Desmene Statum descend on Dallas, Texas for sure to be legendary performances July 21st and July 22nd. All will have books for sale or barter. Each poet brings their raw, uncensored poetic fun to the stage.

Friday night come to Deep Vellum Books 3000 Commerce St, Dallas, TX 75226 at 7pm. Saturday night show is at the OCPC with Beer Keg Bon Fire and live band. Show begins at 7:30pm. The shows are presented by Two Roads A Synesthesia of Poetry and Beer, hosted by Paul Koniecki. C’mon over for poetry that you never thought possible (and for the booze and bands too) Click here for details:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1286607171457493/?ref=46

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