THRONE OUT: AN ATTEMPT TO DEPOSE PROSE

 

Throne Out is a poetry chapbook, which collects some my favorite "throwaways", and is now in a 2nd edition.

Just like the 1st edition, the 2nd contains 56 unedited, stream-of-consciousness doggerels filled with emotional wordplay, and indifferent pleasantries.
It is limited, and hand-numbered, and is entirely produced to recreate the spirit of the original "throwaways project".
Each comes with 55 printed poems (see samples below), and one unique, handwritten throwaway written especially for that particular copy.

 

 

 

What is a "throwaway poem"?

 

I have been writing "throwaway poems" since the early 1990s, always under the pseudonym Adel 156.
They are unedited stream-of-conscious scraps, which purposefully have to fit 8.5 x 5.5" pieces of cardstock; handwritten, using a marker.
Called "throwaways" due to being almost immediately left behind on mass transit, or in heavily trafficked areas.
To date, over 1000 have been written (with only about 200 documented), and abandoned around Miami, Philadelphia and New York City.
The hashtag #adel156 will also show many of the public's dearests, who have shared my work they have come across, on Instagram.
Below are a few of my personal favorites, which I would like to share with you, though the originals have been left to fate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other throwaways of note:

13 Throwaways



A recording of experimental jazz freak Kenny Millions and I performing a skronkin' poetry jam, recorded live in Brooklyn.
The recording is of a 10 minute set, where I read thirteen throwaway poems, as Millions experimentally free-forms in his musical sort of way.
The release contained a cassette reel of said set, as well as all thirteen poems printed on parchment - both sealed for your protection.
A digital download of the set and text file of poems were available to purchasers only.
Limited to only 12 copies; this item is sold out.

 

200 Throwaways

A collaboration with artist Anthony Mangicapra had me photographing 200 throwaway poems on disposable cameras,
for a project, fittingly titled, Disposable. More info here.

 

4 Throwaways

A short film capturing four throwaway poems, also aptly titled (four throwaways), can be found on YouTube.

 

Miscellaneous Throwaways

Two throwaways - "Encased In You" and "Paper Birds With Broken Wings" - appeared in the literary journal Small Po[r]tions, 2014.
Three throwaways - "Shooting the Deputy", "Oedipus Wrecks" and "Change of Passions" - appeared in the literary journal Pine & Basil, 2015.
"Totality" appeared in volume four of the Contraposition book series, 2015.

 

 

 

 

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