Books

Gen X’ers were not just born, they were created.

The author takes you on a uniquely personal, yet achingly familiar journey across four continents and fifty years, journeying down dark rabbit holes and exploring the depths of our flawed humanity, before revealing the light of redemption.

This is not a tale of religious awakening or a lecture on...

A modern and original interpretation of Koans, or Zen Riddles, by the master of intelligent poetry, Black Hamlet.

The premise for Octaves is at once simple, and complex – typical for me!
I have highlighted 8 different forms and produced 8 poems for each form, each form covering a self-imposed theme or idea.
For example, PART TWO, featuring Petrarchan Sonnets, has “eight-legged entities” as its theme. These cover arachnids, Gods, and whatever else took my...

Ancient Gods & Aliens is a massive undertaking of reinterpreting history, science, and what we call religion.
Are the ancient alien theorists correct?
What exactly is DNA?
Is quantum physics the holy grail that physicists believe it to be?
What exactly is consciousness and where does it reside?
How were the pyramids really built and by whom?
Is...

Black Hamlet’s twenty-sixth book, and his twenty-fifth book of poetry, is part homage and part dissection of the depths to which humanity is able to sink. In what may have been his last book, Black Hamlet weaves metaphors into a tapestry at once recognizable and repugnant. Are you wise enough to tell the difference?

History Rhymes is a series of forty-five sestinas grouped into five categories, covering an overarching theme of failed and failing humanity.Black Hamlet’s twenty-fifth book, History Rhymes features never-before-published poems that will shock, excite and make you think twice about what you think you know.At once cerebral and touching, Black...

Puta Presidente is a collection of the finest villanelles of 2018 from the 21st century’s most prolific poet, Black Hamlet.

Twenty is a collection of Black Hamlet’s published works spanning 2 years of intense, daily effort.

Poems have been lifted from ‘Who is Black Hamlet,’ ‘Blue,’ ‘Liefdeslied,’ ‘Dark Matters in a Quantum Universe,’ ‘Parrots, red wine & coffee,’ ‘My many suicides,’ ‘We dated love until it died,’ ‘Pedicabo ego vos et super caballum,’ ‘Seeing...

This is perhaps Black Hamlet’s most audacious work to date. The premise for this volume is so arrogant as to be almost unbelievable, and would be from any other author.

Seamlessly weaving the construct of himself into the life and achievements of Pablo Picasso, Black Hamlet delivers a fascinating look into the mind and motivation of an artist -...

Eighteen is Black Hamlet’s homage to one of history’s true geniuses, Leonardo Da Vinci.

Based on the life and accomplishments of this multi-talented man, ‘Eighteen’ is a collection of Petrarchan Sonnets, form verse and free verse poems, in which 16 poems are directly based on, or inspired by, quotes attributed to Leonardo Da Vinci.

Fully...

A magical, mathematical number, the cusp of manhood, and my seventeenth book.

An exploration of the futile pursuit of partisanship, which is doomed, at best, to irreparably fragment society and, at its worst, lead to the destruction of what was once a noble ideal.

Here’s an idea … praise and empower your loved ones now for tomorrow one or both of you may die.
And loss is a complicated business, filled with un-looked for deaths and unforeseen heartbreak. And sometimes not even love is enough.

‘Eulogy’ is a thoughtful work of carefully orchestrated metaphors. As with much of Black Hamlet’s work, not...

Black Hamlet’s 13th. book in less than a year includes FULL COLOR ORIGINAL artworks as well as an eclectic mix of form and free verse poetry.

All poems in this volume are either never-before-published works or 2017 works previously published on AllPoetry.com

Black Hamlet remains one of the most prolific poets of the 21st century, with an...

Black Hamlet gives a nod to Joseph Heller in this, his twelfth book of poetry.

Do you think you are an American? Do you even know what that means? Do you spend your days knowing that something is not quite right but unable to put your finger on the problem?

Then this book is for you!

Seeing everything twice twice includes a FREE copy of...

The first step to treating your assholism is recognizing that you are an asshole.

This book may not cure your problem but it will allow you to describe it in the language of poetry to anyone who is unlucky enough to listen to you.

Our self-destruction is as old as the consciousness that spawned it.

Black Hamlet and Sinsiter Spital bare their raw art and damaged psyches like never before. Read if you dare!

My self-destruction is as old as the consciousness that spawned it.

Black Hamlet bares his raw art and damaged psyche like never before. Read if you dare!

Dark Matters in a Quantum Universe is the 7th book by maverick poet, Black Hamlet.

Featuring works created during the tumultuous year of 2016, these poems touch the core of what it is to be human, flawed, passionate and ALIVE!

Black Hamlet has been described as incorrigible, unique, prolific and opinionated, and as “wearing sonnets as a second...

This volume contains a mix of previously published Villanelles from “Who is Black Hamlet?”, “Blue” and “Liefdeslied”, as well as many as yet unpublished pieces.

Black Hamlet wields the Villanelle like a hammer at times, blunt in his execution of the form. At others, he is tender and provocative, demonstrating a rare finesse with the form.

As...

This is a collection of sonnets: English (Shakespearean) Sonnets, Italian (Petrarchan) Sonnets, Kyrielle Sonnets, Terza Rima Sonnets and so-called Modern Sonnets.

This volume contains a mix of previously published poems from “Who is Black Hamlet?”, “Blue” and “Liefdeslied”, as well as many as yet unpublished pieces.

Of all the forms, the...

This volume contains a mix of previously published poems from “Who is Black Hamlet?”, “Blue” and “Liefdeslied”, as well as many as yet unpublished pieces.

The pieces are roughly chronological so you can see an arc of sorts develop, along with a progression of ideas and emotions.

Black Hamlet’s pen runs as wild as his imagination in this...

Liefdeslied, or Lovesong in Afrikaans,
is an attempt to expand our understanding of what a dedication of love actually is.

I suspect that outside of Africa, Afrikaans is not generally considered a romantic or poetic language, yet I have found words and phrases that
offer sublime expression and poetry.

Discover Liefdeslied for yourself and join...

The pure color of a clear sky; the primary color between green and violet in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 450 and 500 nm, melancholy, sad or depressed, and the 2nd. installment of poems by Black Hamlet.

Not even death, religion or politics can stop Black Hamlet’s pen from scouring out an interpretation that...

The best kept secret since The Secret!

Sometimes dark and mysterious, sometimes sensual, and often entertaining, a walk through the words of Black Hamlet’s life will reveal a deeper appreciation of yourself, the universe, and your place within it.

Poetry is, after all, the narrative of us all and everything is a metaphor in the world of Black...