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Indelible Fingerprints 

David A. Estringel's first published book Indelible Fingerprints from Alien Buddha Press contains prose and verse that are reflective of the significant parts of David's life that have not only shaped him but left permanent marks (both good and bad). This published work will contain 40 pieces of poetry and short fiction that have been previously published and reprinted in over 43 literary magazines and journals in the United States and abroad. Indelible Fingerprints offers 37 pieces of verse, ranging from free-verse to prose poetry to haiku, of various influences (Classical to dirty realism), as well as 3 short stories that encompass oeuvres of kitchen sink realism, speculative fiction, and the surreal. Click "here" to purchase on Amazon.


Published April 3, 2019

punctures

Published as part of Really Serious Literature's  (@rlysrslit's) Disappearing Chapbook Series (#104), "punctures" is a collection of mostly newer poems from David Estringel, along with a couple of tried-and-true ones that are particular favorites of his that speak to life's pathos and one's need to explore one's self. Eight poems, including "Joshua" (originally published at Salt Ink).

Published on Instagram (@rlysrslit) October 2019 for 30 days.

P e r i p h e r i e S

Winner of The Bitchin' Kitsch's B'K 2019 Chapbook Competition. Poems include:

    "Burn" (The Bitchin' Kitsch)

    "Cajeta (Gimme Some Sweet!)" (Cajun Mutt              Press)

    "Digging for Lost Temples" (Drunk Monkeys)

    "Damn, God's Got a Fucked-Up Sense of                Humor!"

       (Headline Poetry)

    "little deaths" (Cajun Mutt Press)

    "Smooth Whiskey" (Cephalopress)

    "Coffeehouse Romance" (Cajun Mutt Press)


Published May 12, 2020.


Isles from the Isle

Poem "Nothing Lasts" scheduled to appear in DREICH's

themed chapbook "Noises from the Isle".

Scheduled for publication sometime in August 2021.


Eating Pears on the Rooftop

A collection of David Estringel's older and most recent poems, published at Finishing Line Press. Featured works include:

  • Kiss Me, Again, Again, and Again

  • Lithium

  • Blue Room

  • Gin & Tonic on a Sunday Afternoon

  • Sucking the Marrow

  • Coffeehouse Romance

  • And the Beat Goes On

  • Old Filament, Broken Bulb

  • Blue Sky through Bare Branches

  • Storms

  • Killers

  • Smooth Whiskey

  • Just Another Day

  • joshua

  • life in/verse

  • Burn

  • Digging for Lost Temples

  • Cajeta (Gimme Some Sweet!)

  • Coda-Switch

  • little deaths

  • Duende 

  • Eating Pears on the Rooftop

Scheduled for publication in July 2022.

Blood Honey

David Estringel's second book of poetry is a collection of mostly new pieces along with some timeless favorites from his first book Indelible Fingerprints. Blood Honey is composed of 24 poems that speak to corporal and emotional addictions within all of us that take us to Heaven and Hell and back:

  • little deaths

  • Kiss Me, Again, Again, and Again

  • 3 AM

  • Blood Honey

  • Cough Syrup

  • Dopamine

  • Pomegranates

  • Boy with a Box Full of Wasps

  • Medicine

  • the things that linger

  • Midnight Specials

  • Evening Machines

  • Blue Room

  • Coffeehouse Romance

  • Killers

  • Coda-Switch

  • Burn

  • Duende

  • You Get My Meaning

  • Storms

  • joshua

  • Smooth Whiskey

  • Neon Gods

  • Days of Red and Gold

Published 01/07/2022 by Anxiety Press.

Cold Comfort House

David Estringel's third book of poetry is a collection of mostly new pieces along with some old favorites from his first book Indelible Fingerprints. Cold Comfort House is composed of 24 poems that speak to the duality of life and finding solace in the darkest moments. Poems include:

  • Sunflowers

  • Meadowlark

  • Dandelion Wine

  • False Knight on the Road

  • Fireflies

  • Life from a Garden Fence

  • Writer's Block

  • Cruel Summer

  • Mother's Milk

  • The Yawning Grave

  • The Alchemy of Fingertips

  • Sister

  • The Healing Clock

  • Son Rise

  • Red Berries

  • Raspberry Bushes

  • Tabula Rasa

  • Frozen Charlotte

  • Gin & Tonic on a Sunday Afternoon

  • Old Filament, Broken Bulb

  • Lithium

  • the lights are on, but no one is home

  • Pomegranates

  • Days of Red and Gold

Published March 25, 2022, at Anxiety Press.

little punctures

David Estringel's fourth book of poetry little punctures is a collaborative, multi-modal creative project with English illustrator and artist, Luca Bowles. Described as "a solemn, eerie book of beauty" by Barracuda Guarisco (EIC @RLYSRSLIT), little punctures offers 51 micro poems that are individually punctuated by their own interpretive, black and white illustrations.


PREORDER here at a discounted price NOW!!!


Publication is scheduled for February 24, 2023 at @RLYSRSLT.

Golden Calves

A chapbook collection of poems with sharp edges by David Estringel. BR #9 will be published at the UK's Back Room Poetry. Poems include some of David's newest, unpublished pieces.


(Cover reveal coming soon!!!)


Publication scheduled for March 31, 2023


Blue

A chapbook collection of "blue" poems that range from the sensual to grotesquely erotic by David Estringel. Blue will be published at the UK's Back Room Poetry. Poems include some of David's newest pieces.


(Cover reveal coming soon!!!)


Publication scheduled for March 31, 2023


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Blind Turns in the Kitchen Sink 

Blind Turns in the Kitchen Sink, David Estringel's fifth book of collected poems and third published with Anxiety Press, is composed of 54 poems (mostly new with a few 'oldies but goodies') that speak to the chaos and complexities of a life lived. Publication date scheduled for July 2023.

Sour Grapes

Sour Grapes, David Estringel's sixth poetry chapbook, is composed of 18 selected poems about love lost and/or gone wrong from his five poetry collections: Indelible Fingerprints, Blood Honey, Cold Comfort House, little punctures, and Blind Turns in the Kitchen Sink. Sour Grapes will be published at Two Key Customs (publication April 2023).

Stay tuned for more to come...


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