Originally from Gravesend Brooklyn, Peter M. lived in the East Village, New York from 1979 to 1993 at the height of the punk – no wave music – art rebellion. Peter has had a lifelong fascination with Surrealism, Dadaism, and Symbolism, some of his favorite writers being Paul Eluard, Arthur Rimbaud, Tristan Tzara, Edgar Allan Poe, and Henry Miller. His favorite artists are Salvador Dali, Felicien Rops, Dante Rossetti and Amedeo Modigliani. Peter also cites Roger Corman and Russ Meyer as influences. He has had approximately 100 poems published either in print or online.
His earliest recollection of the writing process is, a 1st grader, constructing a children’s book with illustrations. The only memory he has of this project is a page that contained a crayon drawing of an airplane, caught in a storm. The caption read: “The people are on a plane. It is going to crash. They are very scared.” His parents were always disturbed by that 1st book and particularly by his love for writing.
His poems explore alienation, addiction, love, the havoc that secrets can wreak and obsessions, often recounted in an oneiric filmic haze. He wishes to find new methods of description and language manipulation spun and wrapped in a frenzy. His work has appeared in over 25 journals and he is currently working on his 1st collection of poems. He dreams while awake.
Peter currently resides in Williamsburg Brooklyn.
"I haven't told Peter this but he's the only poet my hotmail account flags up as potentially dangerous when he sends me an email. And I get LOTS of emails. ...the new master of Beat-Surreal."
--- Bruce Hodder, publisher of the beatnik
His earliest recollection of the writing process is, a 1st grader, constructing a children’s book with illustrations. The only memory he has of this project is a page that contained a crayon drawing of an airplane, caught in a storm. The caption read: “The people are on a plane. It is going to crash. They are very scared.” His parents were always disturbed by that 1st book and particularly by his love for writing.
His poems explore alienation, addiction, love, the havoc that secrets can wreak and obsessions, often recounted in an oneiric filmic haze. He wishes to find new methods of description and language manipulation spun and wrapped in a frenzy. His work has appeared in over 25 journals and he is currently working on his 1st collection of poems. He dreams while awake.
Peter currently resides in Williamsburg Brooklyn.
"I haven't told Peter this but he's the only poet my hotmail account flags up as potentially dangerous when he sends me an email. And I get LOTS of emails. ...the new master of Beat-Surreal."
--- Bruce Hodder, publisher of the beatnik
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Amphibi.us
Homemovies
Beatnik
Hiroshima; dr.schnooks
http://whollycommunion.blogspot.com/2010/07/peter-d-marra.html
http://whollycommunion.blogspot.com/2010/12/peter-d-marra.html
http://whollycommunion.blogspot.com/2011/01/peter-marra-two.html
http://whollycommunion.blogspot.com/2011/05/peter-marra.html
http://whollycommunion.blogspot.com/2011/08/peter-marra-four-poems.html
Yes, Poetry
http://yespoetry.com/post/755006726/issue5
http://yespoetry.com/post/1244965177/issue8
http://yespoetry.com/post/4373060254/april2011
Interview with PM
Crash
http://cra.sh/content/issue-2
Danse Macabre
http://dansemacabre.art.officelive.com/HeterodoxusPoetica.aspx
http://dansemacabre.art.officelive.com/PoetryMasala.aspx
http://dansemacabre.art.officelive.com/PoesieDesMacabres.aspx
http://dansemacabre.art.officelive.com/DanseMacabreDuJour.aspx
http://www.dansemacabreonline.com/#!poetry
http://dansemacabre.art.officelive.com/DanseMacabreDuJour.aspx
Caper Literary Journal
http://caperlitjournal.weebly.com/5/post/2010/10/peter-marra-poetry.html
http://caperlitjournal.weebly.com/5/post/2010/11/peter-marra-poetry1.html
Clutching at Straws
http://clutchingatstraws.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/entomology-school/
http://clutchingatstraws.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/all-through-the-house/
O Sweet Flowery Roses
http://osfrjournal.blogspot.com/2010/11/peter-marra.html
Calliope Nerve
http://calliopenerve.blogspot.com/search/label/Peter Marra
http://calliopenerve.blogspot.com/2011/03/pomegranate-sequence.html
http://calliopenerve.blogspot.com/2011/04/salivary-film.html
http://calliopenerve.blogspot.com/2011/04/horror-of-party-beach.html
Quantum Poetry
http://quantumpoetry.wordpress.com/2011/03/10/peter-marra/
http://quantumpoetry.wordpress.com/2011/08/19/peter-marra-2/
Carcinogenic Poetry
http://www.carcinogenicpoetry.com/search?q=peter+marra
Why Vandalism?
http://journal.whyvandalism.com/return-of-the-reliquary.html
http://journal.whyvandalism.com/soft-molded.html
http://journal.whyvandalism.com/a-way-of-masks.html
http://journal.whyvandalism.com/naked-opioid.html
Indigo Rising Magazine
http://www.indigorisingmagazine.com/2011/06/innocent-for-polly-on-her-birthday62411.html
Farthermost Dream
http://farthermostdream.blogspot.com/2011/07/peter-marra-new-poetry.html
The Carnage Conservatory
http://carnageconservatory.wordpress.com/2011/07/08/the-lodge/
http://carnageconservatory.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/deux-by-peter-marra/
http://carnageconservatory.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/white-handkerchiefs/
http://carnageconservatory.wordpress.com/2011/08/19/just-take-the-edge-off/http://carnageconservatory.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/a-werewolf-for-salome/
http://carnageconservatory.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/a-childs-introduction-to-space-second-runner-up-in-the-crimson-skull-contest/
http://carnageconservatory.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/girl-with-the-violet-eyes/#comment-370
http://carnageconservatory.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/howlings-february-7th-2012/
http://carnageconservatory.wordpress.com/2012/03/26/girl-risks-a-psycho/
http://carnageconservatory.wordpress.com/2012/03/29/channel-zero/
http://carnageconservatory.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/3rd-place-for-march-madness-melancholy-babies-by-peter-marra/
http://carnageconservatory.wordpress.com/2012/04/20/whitechaple/
Subliminal Interiors
http://subliminalinteriors.net/2011-july/-lit/marraPeter.php
Dark Chaos
http://wiredwriter.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/necromancy-peter-marra/
http://wiredwriter.wordpress.com/2011/08/10/porno-staccato-peter-marra/
http://wiredwriter.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/two-by-peter-marra/
http://wiredwriter.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/three-by-peter-marra/#comment-247
Mad Swirl
http://madswirlspoetryforum.blogspot.com/2011/08/best-of-mad-swirls-poetry-forum-082711.html
Negative Suck
http://negativesuck.moonfruit.com/#/marra/4554811479
The Vein
http://theveinzine.blogspot.com/search/label/Peter%20Marra
Blue and Yellow Dog
http://blueyellowdog.weebly.com/peter-marra.html
Unlikely 2.0
http://www.unlikelystories.org/11/marra1011.shtml
Apocrypha and Abstractions
http://apocryphaandabstractions.wordpress.com/2011/10/10/channels-by-peter-marra/
http://apocryphaandabstractions.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/analgesic-beasts-of-eve-by-peter-marra/
Phantom Kangaroo
http://www.phantomkangaroo.com/issue-no-12/dreaming-dogs.html
Sex and Murder
http://sexandmurder.com/diabolical_women_of_the_streets.html
Petrichor Review
http://www.petrichorreview.com/words/poetry/peter-marra/
Ditch Poetry
http://www.ditchpoetry.com/petermarra.htm
Bare Hands Poetry
http://barehandspoetrytwo.tumblr.com/#13503238483
Death Head Grin
http://www.deathheadgrin.com/11_12/id479.htm
Pipe Dream
http://lrdalby.tumblr.com/post/14153745017/lab-manual
http://pipedreamzine.tumblr.com/post/21259048070/quotes-for-illustrations-of-stilletos
http://pipedreamzine.tumblr.com/post/21705015582/style-rituals-of-purgatory
Bone Orchard Poetry
http://boneorchardpoetry.blogspot.com/2012/02/peter-marra.html
http://www.boneorchardpoetry.blogspot.com/2012/04/peter-marra.html
http://boneorchardpoetry.blogspot.com/2012/05/peter-marra.html
Circus of the Damned
http://damnedpublishing.blogspot.com/2012/02/motel-tango-eclipse-by-peter-marra_08.html
http://damnedpublishing.blogspot.com/2012/02/meaning-of-machine-flesh-by-peter-marra.html
http://damnedpublishing.blogspot.com/2012/02/lacuna-forests-by-peter-marra.html
Crack the Spine
http://www.crackthespine.com/2012/02/crack-spine-issue-twelve.html
Belly Fat Magazine
http://bellyfatmagazine.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/pelicula-a-pussycat-splendor-3-chapters-6/
Visceral Uterus
http://www.visceraluterus.blogspot.com/2012/05/most-pleasant-taste.html
Literary Orphans
http://www.literaryorphans.org/?wpb_portfolio=three-poems-by-peter-marra
Homemovies
Beatnik
Hiroshima; dr.schnooks
http://whollycommunion.blogspot.com/2010/07/peter-d-marra.html
http://whollycommunion.blogspot.com/2010/12/peter-d-marra.html
http://whollycommunion.blogspot.com/2011/01/peter-marra-two.html
http://whollycommunion.blogspot.com/2011/05/peter-marra.html
http://whollycommunion.blogspot.com/2011/08/peter-marra-four-poems.html
Yes, Poetry
http://yespoetry.com/post/755006726/issue5
http://yespoetry.com/post/1244965177/issue8
http://yespoetry.com/post/4373060254/april2011
Interview with PM
Crash
http://cra.sh/content/issue-2
Danse Macabre
http://dansemacabre.art.officelive.com/HeterodoxusPoetica.aspx
http://dansemacabre.art.officelive.com/PoetryMasala.aspx
http://dansemacabre.art.officelive.com/PoesieDesMacabres.aspx
http://dansemacabre.art.officelive.com/DanseMacabreDuJour.aspx
http://www.dansemacabreonline.com/#!poetry
http://dansemacabre.art.officelive.com/DanseMacabreDuJour.aspx
Caper Literary Journal
http://caperlitjournal.weebly.com/5/post/2010/10/peter-marra-poetry.html
http://caperlitjournal.weebly.com/5/post/2010/11/peter-marra-poetry1.html
Clutching at Straws
http://clutchingatstraws.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/entomology-school/
http://clutchingatstraws.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/all-through-the-house/
O Sweet Flowery Roses
http://osfrjournal.blogspot.com/2010/11/peter-marra.html
Calliope Nerve
http://calliopenerve.blogspot.com/search/label/Peter Marra
http://calliopenerve.blogspot.com/2011/03/pomegranate-sequence.html
http://calliopenerve.blogspot.com/2011/04/salivary-film.html
http://calliopenerve.blogspot.com/2011/04/horror-of-party-beach.html
Quantum Poetry
http://quantumpoetry.wordpress.com/2011/03/10/peter-marra/
http://quantumpoetry.wordpress.com/2011/08/19/peter-marra-2/
Carcinogenic Poetry
http://www.carcinogenicpoetry.com/search?q=peter+marra
Why Vandalism?
http://journal.whyvandalism.com/return-of-the-reliquary.html
http://journal.whyvandalism.com/soft-molded.html
http://journal.whyvandalism.com/a-way-of-masks.html
http://journal.whyvandalism.com/naked-opioid.html
Indigo Rising Magazine
http://www.indigorisingmagazine.com/2011/06/innocent-for-polly-on-her-birthday62411.html
Farthermost Dream
http://farthermostdream.blogspot.com/2011/07/peter-marra-new-poetry.html
The Carnage Conservatory
http://carnageconservatory.wordpress.com/2011/07/08/the-lodge/
http://carnageconservatory.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/deux-by-peter-marra/
http://carnageconservatory.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/white-handkerchiefs/
http://carnageconservatory.wordpress.com/2011/08/19/just-take-the-edge-off/http://carnageconservatory.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/a-werewolf-for-salome/
http://carnageconservatory.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/a-childs-introduction-to-space-second-runner-up-in-the-crimson-skull-contest/
http://carnageconservatory.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/girl-with-the-violet-eyes/#comment-370
http://carnageconservatory.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/howlings-february-7th-2012/
http://carnageconservatory.wordpress.com/2012/03/26/girl-risks-a-psycho/
http://carnageconservatory.wordpress.com/2012/03/29/channel-zero/
http://carnageconservatory.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/3rd-place-for-march-madness-melancholy-babies-by-peter-marra/
http://carnageconservatory.wordpress.com/2012/04/20/whitechaple/
Subliminal Interiors
http://subliminalinteriors.net/2011-july/-lit/marraPeter.php
Dark Chaos
http://wiredwriter.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/necromancy-peter-marra/
http://wiredwriter.wordpress.com/2011/08/10/porno-staccato-peter-marra/
http://wiredwriter.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/two-by-peter-marra/
http://wiredwriter.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/three-by-peter-marra/#comment-247
Mad Swirl
http://madswirlspoetryforum.blogspot.com/2011/08/best-of-mad-swirls-poetry-forum-082711.html
Negative Suck
http://negativesuck.moonfruit.com/#/marra/4554811479
The Vein
http://theveinzine.blogspot.com/search/label/Peter%20Marra
Blue and Yellow Dog
http://blueyellowdog.weebly.com/peter-marra.html
Unlikely 2.0
http://www.unlikelystories.org/11/marra1011.shtml
Apocrypha and Abstractions
http://apocryphaandabstractions.wordpress.com/2011/10/10/channels-by-peter-marra/
http://apocryphaandabstractions.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/analgesic-beasts-of-eve-by-peter-marra/
Phantom Kangaroo
http://www.phantomkangaroo.com/issue-no-12/dreaming-dogs.html
Sex and Murder
http://sexandmurder.com/diabolical_women_of_the_streets.html
Petrichor Review
http://www.petrichorreview.com/words/poetry/peter-marra/
Ditch Poetry
http://www.ditchpoetry.com/petermarra.htm
Bare Hands Poetry
http://barehandspoetrytwo.tumblr.com/#13503238483
Death Head Grin
http://www.deathheadgrin.com/11_12/id479.htm
Pipe Dream
http://lrdalby.tumblr.com/post/14153745017/lab-manual
http://pipedreamzine.tumblr.com/post/21259048070/quotes-for-illustrations-of-stilletos
http://pipedreamzine.tumblr.com/post/21705015582/style-rituals-of-purgatory
Bone Orchard Poetry
http://boneorchardpoetry.blogspot.com/2012/02/peter-marra.html
http://www.boneorchardpoetry.blogspot.com/2012/04/peter-marra.html
http://boneorchardpoetry.blogspot.com/2012/05/peter-marra.html
Circus of the Damned
http://damnedpublishing.blogspot.com/2012/02/motel-tango-eclipse-by-peter-marra_08.html
http://damnedpublishing.blogspot.com/2012/02/meaning-of-machine-flesh-by-peter-marra.html
http://damnedpublishing.blogspot.com/2012/02/lacuna-forests-by-peter-marra.html
Crack the Spine
http://www.crackthespine.com/2012/02/crack-spine-issue-twelve.html
Belly Fat Magazine
http://bellyfatmagazine.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/pelicula-a-pussycat-splendor-3-chapters-6/
Visceral Uterus
http://www.visceraluterus.blogspot.com/2012/05/most-pleasant-taste.html
Literary Orphans
http://www.literaryorphans.org/?wpb_portfolio=three-poems-by-peter-marra
