Unquiet Desperation
"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag and begin slitting throats."

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Unquiet Desperation 2.1: mag out now. Download it here.

Message us your submissions now for Unquiet Desperation 2.2! Deadline Friday 16th May.

Send up to three pieces, all of which must be original, not published/posted elsewhere, and so good it hurts...

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We like it when people post poems in our comments section, but remember they won't be be considered for inclusion in the mag.

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About me:

Unquiet Desperation is an underground litzine distributed free in fortunate locations around the world. It goes out once a month, and contains poetry, prose, art, photography, feedback and opinion.

Within you'll never find stuff that's overpolished: what we love is raw, and it's honest; it contains heart and it contains truth.

Truth? that's the stuff which, when this tale of sound and fury we stumble through has quietened for a moment, flares back to the front of our minds with the chill of bitter clarity... Consider those worthless things we do every day to distract ourselves, to stop ourselves dwelling on what in the end we know we must face; those shadows that dog our every step, that we wrestle only for them to dissolve before us... they are truth.

Pieces from back issues are available via our MySpace blog: for the sake of your sanity check them out and leave your thoughts. If, however, you crave a print copy of a back issue or the present issue, message us and we'll do our best to hit you up with a fix...
Who I'd like to meet:
Poets, writers, artists, rebels, philosophers, hermits, ascetics, visionaries... the list of who we'd like to meet goes on and on. If you're interested in art or writing or life, get in touch or ask to be our friend... though doing both is better.

We'd especially like to hear from you if you wisely see no option but to submit work for inclusion in future issues of Unquiet Desperation, or if you'd like to join UD's street team... then you can use our mag as a bolt of soul-bright lightning to illuminate the wasteland town you call home. To take either of these paths to righteousness, message us.

Also, as we've said above, if you'd like a print copy of Unquiet Desperation to call your very own, you can message us about that too.


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Borax





Jul 5 2008 3:32 AM

Did you see me in Children of Men? I swim back to you someday THank You for adding my up to your friends!
Dan





Jun 20 2008 7:16 AM

Thanks for the add and including me in the last issue...I was honored.

Provost
Poems





Jun 15 2008 2:59 PM

http://www. facebook. com/inbox/#/event. php?eid=16506718849
F.D. Marcél





Jun 5 2008 2:25 AM

looking forward to spreading copies of 2.
2 around the city like propaganda!
Myke





May 30 2008 5:25 PM

You call yourself part of the Desperation Clan? You're nothing! Until you join The Unquiet Desperation Community. Why haven't you already? It's printed on the back of the mag.
Yen Pox (Ed: M VV)





May 28 2008 11:49 PM

just to add some poetry to the page...

Tea for Two

there is no finer cup of tea
than the one by the sea
with an early mornings dew
as i wake up next to you
velvetblonde





May 28 2008 7:23 PM

Hey, Polekat is one of my dearest friends and an incredible poet. Send us both copies or I'll get you my pretty, I'll get you and your little dog too. Come to NJ and read with us.
xoxo
Lynn





May 23 2008 8:13 AM

I am not "fortunate".No locations. But I want one.
A.J. Kaufmann





May 22 2008 4:31 PM

thank you for including "Merde",
I'm glad you could use it!

best wishes from Poland,

AJ Kaufmann
Michael Grover


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May 21 2008 6:08 PM

Can't wait to see the new issue. Thank you for including me.
rob plath





May 20 2008 8:38 AM

a whiff of the lot

take yr hefty
3 lb brain
& smash the m
off
of the
word 'masses'
& what do
you get?

let them
flock themselves
those smelly wholes

a gaggle
makes
me
gag

--rob plath
The Quiz Bikers





May 18 2008 8:18 PM

The Quiz Bikers than you for the add and the free litzine we get in fortunate locations around the world.
The Intergallactic Urangutang





May 13 2008 1:52 PM

My new album is now available. Are you willing to undertake this mission? This message will not self destruct in five seconds. Increase the peace brother.
velvetblonde





May 9 2008 8:26 PM

Thank You for blessing planet earth with your existence!
The Intergallactic Urangutang





May 9 2008 9:16 AM

Just finished my new album, needs a bit of final tweaking and some artwork then I'll be handing it over for you myspace peeps, another free download, this time free jazz, then on with my next album which is going to be old shcool acid house themed around the merry pranksters and that will also be free. Increase the peace brother.
A-L-E-X





May 4 2008 6:19 AM

Sweet, well I write short stories a lot, so If you're ever interested in checking them out send me a message and I'll show you what I have.
Fridays Child





Apr 22 2008 2:46 PM

*waves*
Bad Marmalade





Apr 19 2008 7:56 AM

Hi there

Hope all is well - don't think we've investigated you thoroughly before. Nice work - looks like we're trying to reach some of the same people. Hopefully we can be of some use to each other in the future.
You've Got Liam





Apr 16 2008 5:56 PM

I'm a bit scared that I'm stuck in the person that get referred to on a news story has "he was a quiet guy, kept himself to himself..." I'm not quite plotting MURDER just yet but i tick all the boxes of silence. Aaaaaargh.
s





Apr 1 2008 6:13 PM

Photobucket

APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
circle meets square





Mar 30 2008 6:01 PM

erect penises
go into moist vaginas
then babies happen.
***
can't wait for my copies of the new issue to be in my mail.
Warren Dean





Mar 29 2008 2:54 AM

rob, mark, darryl, ed
amanda, fake dada
all some great words

another fine issue
L. Sperduti





Mar 27 2008 3:39 AM

hi men, what a fucking is this!!
rob plath





Mar 25 2008 7:50 PM

THE NEW U.D. KICKS MAJOR ASS AS USUAL.
Darryl





Mar 25 2008 3:36 PM

thanks for including my poem 'banana bread' in your new issue!
velvetblonde





Mar 25 2008 8:58 AM

love the new issue! Happy Spring!
xoxox Amanda
Biff Lowman





Mar 25 2008 8:47 AM

GOD LOVES US.

Don't forget God loves us. He loves us. Kill and fuck and God loves us. Kill and fuck and God Loves us. The world hates you and God loves us. God loves you. Pools of piss, cum, screams and blood. An old naked man lays face down in a black canal. God loves you. A small girl jumps in front of a moving bus. The service was disrupted for an hour. God loves you. Never forget that God loves you.
GOD LOVES YOU like a desperate pleading cry into an empty room.
brent saner





Mar 22 2008 12:02 PM

holy shit! since when do you guys press RECORDS??

awesomeeeee.
Biff Lowman





Mar 18 2008 4:52 PM

Smiles, laughs and hugs
From people you dont know
Roar of sea in crowded rooms,
Much too noisy
Can’t hear a yelp beneath the swell

Uncertain, confused, and forced passive
Observed from outside your body
A pendulum unsure of
Which way to Go
and Always an undercurrent of despondency

Alone, directionless and lost
The bitter endless gulf between
warm smiles two friends
Friends till the end
Friends till lesson ends
The Intergallactic Urangutang





Mar 15 2008 2:12 PM

Eeeeeeee....just gonna get myself signed in to Unquiet Desperation. I only just realised what you meant yesterday. Increase the peace brother.
Warren Dean





Mar 14 2008 2:42 PM

just downloaded & printed up volume 1 - issue 20

another fine issue

the letters section has become a favourite& as always great to read rob plath's words

also enjoyed lawrence joseph talc's my only regret & brian fanelli's thank you, kerouac

I'll be printing up 200 or so
& bringing a bundle w/ me again to Ottawa

as well I'll be emailing some poems your way in the next few hours
False Dmitriy





Mar 2 2008 6:02 PM

Sons and daughters of London fair,
lay down your weapons of civil war.
Your poisoned flesh corrupts your mind,
as peroxide streaks corrupt your hair.
Lay down your endless fags and raging bulls,
toss them into the Thames.

Let it devour what devours you,
that you may devour the endless stream of our consciousness that is God.
That you may speak, as God, to God, before God.
You decide your fate when your judgement is judged.
You decide your state of consciousness.

Rejoice that within your mind of neurones, hormones, genetic and chemical messages lies a world in which even the atom does not exist.
Where you may enjoy the frenetic infinity of life before the blissful infinity of death.
velvetblonde





Feb 24 2008 2:25 PM

I love the website & the downloadable UD!
Salvage My Dream





Feb 20 2008 3:54 PM

John Keating: Close your eyes - closure! Close 'em! Now, describe what you see.
Todd Anderson: I... I close my eyes, and this image floats beside me.
John Keating: A sweaty-toothed madman.
Todd Anderson: A sweaty-toothed madman with a stare that pounds my brain.
John Keating: Oh, that's *excellent*! Now, give him action - make him do something!
Todd Anderson: His hands reach out and choke me.
John Keating: That's it! Wonderful, wonderful!
Todd Anderson: And all the time he's mumbling.
John Keating: What's he mumbling?
Todd Anderson: Mumbling truth... Truth's like a blanket that always leaves your feet cold.
John Keating: [some of the class start to laugh] Forget them, forget them! Stay with the blanket. Tell me about that blanket!
Todd Anderson: Y-You push it, stretch it, it'll never be enough. You kick at it, beat it, it will never cover any of us. From the moment we enter crying to the moment we leave dying, it will cover just your head as you wail and cry and scream!
[class appauds]
John Keating: Don't you forget this.
False Dmitriy





Feb 15 2008 8:22 AM

I've seen in my dreams,
just what it means.
The dreams of the free,
like the roots of the trees.
But the dreams of the trapped
too scared to unwrap
are the poisonous reptiles that make the mind snap.
WOW!





Feb 10 2008 2:47 AM

weave through wisdom of a wizard's words and gold shall be stained on your tongue.
Winding Wheel





Feb 2 2008 7:53 AM

For keeping me company


I don't know why I'm still hiding.

For poetic justice

we'll go on hurting .

Tinfoil teeth and do exactly as i please .
Biff Lowman





Jan 29 2008 9:08 AM

Lift me out of this illusion Lord.

Artistic constipation and relentless academic tension is not a nice mix.

I have not forgotten about you Unquiet desperation, even while i live in a quiet desperation. I have been busy writing music with another guilty party that might be of value to the cause and I plan to be typing some marks on a sheet of paper and sending them to you.

Peace and Love
Michael





Jan 25 2008 10:02 AM

"god's glory"





full moon
against
black sky
god's glory
hole
for deep thoughts
and deep
throats
fake dada





Jan 20 2008 1:34 PM

new retardation at circlemeetssquare.blogspot.com
The Intergallactic Urangutang





Jan 16 2008 11:53 AM

A delayed happy new year to you, happy new year to you, happy new year to you...increase the peace brother.
/Chris/





Jan 7 2008 6:22 PM

I speak softly to myself in fear that I might forget language.
Or fear of losing sanity maybe?
What is sanity?
Sanity is language wrapped in a box.
Or a book…
No, sanity cannot be a book.
Oh! It’s a book with bow on top and side of ketchup!
No…no, that’s not right either.
Damn, I’ve already forgotten.
Wait, can you forget if you’re insane?
Maybe I’m remembering backwards?
No! Then I’d forget to breathe.
That’d really make me insane!
No…no, Then I’d be dead…Not insane.
Well, I have to be something.
A tree is something.
Oh, dear. Not a tree.
Then I’d be cut down.
I rather not be paper.
That’d make me two things!
I only have one brain…
Yes, definitely not a tree.
This is tougher than I thought.
Can I pick what I want to be?
Who am I asking? Sure I can.
Yes, I want to be gold!
Now I’m rich!
Ha, yes! That’s it! I am gold.
Hm, now what?
No…I can’t be gold.
I can’t spend myself.
Is gold sane?
I think I met him once.
Good fellow.
Stole my Eskimo, though.
Bastard.
I’ve got it!
Sane is an Eskimo!
Shit…what’s an Eskimo?
Dog food? Damn, what’s a dog?
They need food?
I need food…I think?
Yes, I do. Food is sanity.
I have it with my cereal in the mornings.
Good stuff, yeah.
I have to go to sleep though.
Doctors are coming.
They’re sane.
They tell me so all the time.
Good guys, they need to stop stabbing me though.
fake dada





Jan 6 2008 1:42 PM

the perfect sunday
will never fuckin' happen
if