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Exfoliate: Poems and Short Stories 2000-2005 Poetry Chapbook ©2001-2005 M.R.M. Parrott First Published: Sep 2008 Published by rimric press 0-9662635-9-6 | 978-0-9662635-9-6 52 Pages, Paperback & eBook, 2025 2025 Edition Extras: Journal Excerpts, Afterword Amazon Paperback (author) Barnes & Noble Paperback (author) Waterstones Paperback (author)

RIMRIC / COLUMBIA, SC (15 September, 2008)

M.R.M. Parrott's fourth chapbook of poems and short fiction, “Exfoliate” (2001-05), has been released on mrmparrott.com. Previous “Opening Lyric” (1984-88), “Another Generation Cometh” (1991-94), “Bartered Tide” (1995-2000), and Parrott's other books, have been released and re-released as part of a collection of downloads. “The chapbooks,” Parrott says, “are short, free explorations of style, my praise for the rewarding aspects of life, true works involving interesting people I've known, even critical views of the world around me. To express my ideas, I've used difficult densities and complex rhythms as well as simple observational reportage, and many styles in between.”

If, as the Delacroix saying indicates, a poet at twenty is twenty, while a poet at forty is a poet, M.R.M. Parrott has “become a poet over time”. “The earliest poems are quite lyrical and simple,” he says, “but as you read through the chapbooks, the poetry becomes more and more abstract and syncopated, while the subject matter becomes more critical and reflective, even darker, and more rewarding. It's interesting to read the progressions, from the 'lyric and verse' of my teens, to the 'fragmentation' in my late thirties, the critical from 'Stop Motion' to 'Tar Baby', the lyrical from 'Dream Frames' to 'The Fountains'.” Parrott also says his 1998 novella, “To Lie Within the Moment”, is a long prose poem, and developed out of several short stories included in the chapbooks.

M.R.M. Parrott's books include the novel trilogy “Timeless”, novella, “To Lie Within the Moment”, travelogue “Driving Home”, Philosophy and Science series “Dynamism”, monographs in Philosophy, and chapbooks of poems and short stories.

Intersections: A Fury Road Concept Album Lyrics and Liner Notes 2010-2012 ©2010-2012 M.R.M. Parrott First Published: Oct 2012 Published by rimric press 0-9746106-6-6 | 978-0-9746106-6-5 88 Pages, Paperback & eBook, 2025 2025 Edition Extras: Acnowledgements, Credits, Retrospective, Notes on the Text and Cover Art Amazon Paperback (author) Barnes & Noble Paperback (author) Waterstones Paperback (author)

Exfoliate: Poems and Short Stories 2000-2005 Poetry Chapbook ©2001-2005 M.R.M. Parrott First Published: Sep 2008 Published by rimric press 0-9662635-9-6 | 978-0-9662635-9-6 52 Pages, Paperback & eBook, 2025 2025 Edition Extras: Journal Excerpts, Afterword Amazon Paperback (author) Barnes & Noble Paperback (author) Waterstones Paperback (author)

Bartered Tide: Poems and Short Stories 1995-2000 Poetry Chapbook ©1995-2000 M.R.M. Parrott First Published: Oct 2002 Published by rimric press 0-9662635-7-X | 978-0-9662635-7-2 56 Pages, Paperback & eBook, 2025 2025 Edition Extras: Journal Excerpts, Afterword Amazon Paperback (author) Barnes & Noble Paperback (author) Waterstones Paperback (author)

Another Generation Cometh: Poems and Short Stories 1991-1994 Poetry Chapbook ©1991-1994 M.R.M. Parrott First Published: Oct 2002 Published by rimric press 0-9662635-1-0 | 978-0-9662635-1-0 52 Pages, Paperback & eBook, 2025 2025 Edition Extras: Journal Excerpts, Afterword Amazon Paperback (author) Barnes & Noble Paperback (author) Waterstones Paperback (author)

Opening Lyric: Poems and Short Stories 1984-1988 Poetry Chapbook ©1984-1988 M.R.M. Parrott First Published: Oct 2002 Published by rimric press 0-9662635-8-8 | 978-0-9662635-8-9 56 Pages, Paperback & eBook, 2025 2025 Edition Extras: Journal Excerpts, Afterword Amazon Paperback (author) Barnes & Noble Paperback (author) Waterstones Paperback (author)