Full Metal Poem seeks out and propagates things irreverent, pithy, punchy, short & concise, hard-hitting (subtle or otherwise) and all / everything so truly realized and accomplished as to be unassailable, indelible, and thus full metal. It doesn’t necessarily have to explode or go boom or bang. A Richard Brautigan poem can be a full metal poem; a Philip Whalen poem can be a full metal poem; a Basho poem can be absolute full metal.
We have no problems with narrative or closure but appreciate it when we see poets testing the limits of those aspects. Poems that operate on multiple levels of perception & consciousness are of particular interest to us. Beauty & honesty are fine, especially if they are of the ravaged savage variety.

Contributions are currently by commission.
A tip of the veil; Issue #1 will contain poetry by Cid Corman, Joanne Kyger, Simon Cutts, Rolf Dieter Brinkmann, Ron Padgett, Harris Schiff, John Wieners and drawings by the hand of John Casey

Click here to see some snapshots taken of the publication

FMP is now for sale at Athenaeum bookstore in Amsterdam or you can order your copy here (paypal or bank transfer); contact us for details so we can determine shipping costs.

With sleek design and edit from Amsterdam and Hamburg, Full Metal Poem brings poetry, micro-fiction, art and photography between its irreverent covers.

FMP came out in April 2010, offcial launch will be on June 13 at the 'Nieuwe Anita' in Amsterdam. Be welcome.

The team consists of poetry editors Mark Terrill and Cralan Kelder, graphic designer Floortje Bouwkamp and contributing-on-all-fronts-editing-sage Eliza Newman-Saul.