DIVERSE POETRY BOOKS
This page documents the various books written and released by Joseph B. Raimond on the Mirran Thought label that are not part of a series of releases. Other books by Joseph B. Raimond can be found on the Diverse Art Books, Western Haiku, Edges, Plop Art and DWM Writings pages. Further smaller publications can also be found under our booklets page.
Artist: Joseph B. Raimond
Title: Red Pepper, Blue
Label: Mirran Thought Format: Book Catalog #: Read Fourteen (MT-592) Release Date: October 15th, 2015
This little book of poetry and verse sums up the thoughts of the author as he worked his way through the last months of an abusive and violent marriage, and the hope he felt after finally achieving freedom from abuse. Very personal and very honest. 60 pages
Artist: Joseph B. Raimond III
Title: Junior Blues
Label: Mirran Thought Format: Book Catalog #: Read Fifteen (MT-599) Release Date: April 10th, 2017
The next book in Joseph B. Raimond's series of small 60 page books, this one deals with the recent death of his father at the end of 2015, and coming to terms with a sometimes difficult childhood and often indifferent father. Again, very personal and not always pretty, but brutally honest poetry.
Artist: Joseph B. Raimond
Title: Vagabondia
Label: Mirran Thought Format: Book Catalog #: Read Sixteen (MT-601) Release Date: September 1st, 2017
Written in Paris, Dublin, Fürth and Barcelona, this 60 page little book is Joseph's first hardcover, and represents what he considers some of his best poetry work to date.
Artist: Joseph B. Raimond
Title: Chloride and The Three Rivers
Label: Mirran Thought Format: Book Catalog #: Read Seventeen (MT-600) Release Date: March 15th, 2018
Written while traveling the west coast of the USA in 2017, this little 60 page book of poems and quick drawings comments on the current volatile and deteriorating political culture of the United States. Not recommended for Repulicans, conservatives or members of the NRA.
Artist:: Joseph B. Raimond
Title: Dishwasher
Label: Mirran Thought Format: Book Catalog #: Read Eleven (MT-567) Release Date: January 19th, 2019
This little 60 page hardcover book was written in Malcesine, Italy and Fürth, Germany in 2017, and as one has come to expect from Joseph, it is a brutally honest little book filled with comments and reflections of our current, fucked up world, as well as reflections on the one job Joseph really does well: washing dishes. Featuring cover art by Joseph B. Raimond and Adrian Gormley.
Artist:: Joseph B. Raimond
Title: Yink & Yank
Label: Mirran Thought Format: Book Catalog #: Read Twentytwo (MT-624) Release Date: December 9th, 2019
Why settle for Yin and Yang when you can have Yink and Yank?Another in his series of little 60 page books, this time Joseph B. Raimond offers poems written in 2017 and 2018 from his home in Fürth, Germany, and while traveling in Malta. As usual, Republicans and stuffy conservatives beware!
Artist:: Joseph B. Raimond
Title: Broken
Label: Mirran Thought Format: Book Catalog #: Read Twentythree (MT-628) Release Date: January 24th, 2021
Like everyone around the world, the 2020 pandemic found Joseph B. Raimond with some extra time on his hands, which he used to finish up and publish this long started but never finished project. "Broken" features his usual 60 (actually, 66 pages!) page little book format, and contains short, 9 line poems each with a corresponding black ink drawing. Both funny and disturbing.
Artist:: Joseph B. Raimond
Title: Behold, The Lovely Monster
Label: Mirran Thought Format: Book Catalog #: Read Twentyfour (MT-629) Release Date: April 18th, 2021
Written in the mid 1990s, this book is actually the second book written by Joseph B. Raimond and can be considered as the companion to Joseph's first book, "Edges". Finally released, these 150 pages of punk-rock inspired poetry are a witness to Joseph's mindframe when he was still so young, only in his mid 30s.
Artist:: Joseph B. Raimond
Title: In God We Trusted
Label: Mirran Thought Format: Book Catalog #: Read Twentyfive (MT-632) Release Date: October 17th, 2021
Coming to terms with the unfulfilled promise that is the "American dream", this book is a poetic observation from an American living abroad for over three decades at the country that he no longer recognizes. Blind patriotic propoganda, American nationalism and racism, Trumpism, Brian Ladd and the conspiracy theorists, they all get what they deserve here in this little sixty page book.
Artist:: Joseph B. Raimond
Title: As The Ghosts Ripped And Tore
Label: Mirran Thought Format: Book Catalog #: Read Twentysix (MT-634) Release Date: January 9th, 2022
Another of Raimond's little sixty page books of his poetry, this collection was written and edited in Fürth, Germany. Started in 2017, most of these pieces were written though during the Covid-19 lockdown, and as usual, feature Raimond's usual mix of humour, gloom, liberal politics and just plain weirdness.
Artist:: Joseph B. Raimond
Title: The Matala Son
Label: Mirran Thought Format: Book Catalog #: Read Twentyseven (MT-639) Release Date: March 15th, 2022
Written in and inspired by the hippy town of Matala, on the Greek island of Crete which Joseph now considers his second home, this is another of his little 60 page books of poetry, but this time also featuring several pages of his colored ink drawings, in full color. Today is life, tomorrow never comes!
Artist:: Joseph B. Raimond
Title: Droop
Label: Mirran Thought Format: Book Catalog #: Read Twentyeight (MT-658) Release Date: December 10th, 2023
Some of Joseph's favourite new poems of humour, weirdness and liberal philosophy are collected in this new title, written in Fürth from 2017 to 2023. Another little 60 page book to add to his growing body of work.