Contemporary poetry relating to the humor, pain, and life of every day people.

The fifth book of poetry by Robert Benefiel, The Sound Of Typing, is filled with poems culled from more recent pieces all written in 2011. These poems reflect on fatherhood, work, memories, marriage, politics, and all the pains of growing older as well as its joys. Whether it's being disenfranchised with American ideologies or accepting more universal principles such as love over religion, the book continues to show the changing approaches of the author's voice as well as his constant sound.

This 6th book of poetry by Robert Benefiel contains more current works written between 2008 & 2009. Many of the pieces reflect upon that current time in the author's life. The pieces themselves revolve around health, work, family, ideologies, and past. Written both at some of the greatest times of joy in his life (the birth of his daughter), as well as great sadness (being fired for questioning a company pay cut right after his daughter was born). The overall book contains these fluctuations of emotion, both positive and negative, to create an understandable connection to them. The writings...

The Sun In Rags is the 10th and latest book from author Robert Benefiel. The book is derived from two small chapbook pressings back in 2002, as well as other fully edited works from the author in previous printed journals and submissions. The poems in the book have a wide a range of theme, but often pertain to individuality versus conformity and the prices each carries. Whether it is a woman refusing to take off her mask at a gas station on Halloween, or a priest who is against torture while living under the roof of a church that is founded on its messiah being tortured to death, the author...

The Human Heart Weighs Nothing In Empty Space is the 7th book of poetry by Robert Benefiel. Comprised of earlier work these poems deal with mostly a shifting landscape of society at continual conflict, within and without, and the absurdity that relates to it.

Vote No For President is a book of poetry containing works written in 2010 by the author Robert Benefiel. The poems in this book range from actual moments in the writers life to more poetic stances on general ideas like love, death, humanity, patriotism and other concepts. Whether it is an homage to comic books, or a look at people who all of a sudden drop dead, or the misguided principles that go into a word like freedom, the author takes a look at both what makes us different and what unites us.

No Rooms Left is a book of poetry that shows the humor and sadness of reality. As the title suggests, it is a rumination on where one goes when they have nowhere to go. A culmination of both poetic philosophy and real life moments, the author once again puts together his chaotic appreciation and rejection of the world for anyone to read.

All Over The Place is a book of poetry from the Author Robert Benefiel. It was written in the course of a week in response to two different conversations on the difficulty and ease of writing poetry. For such a short duration of writing time, the topics greatly vary from childhood nostalgia to adult realities, using random memories and insights to formulate the core of this edition of poetry. From the beginning of the book we get the sense of someone returning home from a long journey, until we get to the end of the book in which the author realizes we are all someone who disappeared to...

Kill The Bottle And Live A Little: Compendium 1 is a selection of poems from the author's first five books Easy Battles For Lazy Armies, After The First Shot, 4th & Hill Is Gone Forever, Poetastard, and The Sound Of Typing. Meant as an introduction to the Authors works, it shows his early stages of writing as an Author living from meal to meal, writing for the pleasure and sanity of it.

Verbalizing Existence is the latest book of poetry from prolific author Robert Benefiel. The poems written in this book are part of an unmarked trilogy with pieces that stem from a turning point in the author's life. Most of the poems collected here are reflections on work, women, and writing. In this volume the author presents very candid and honest peaks into his life with poems such as Catching Birds, about a young girl trying to catch birds in front of his work, or reminiscing on the people coming and going from each other's lives such as Bob Came Over or 800 Fakes Dead In One Afternoon....