Peter Graves Roberts

Peter Graves Roberts is a poet, author, dad, husband and activist living and working in an all-American, seasonal beach paradise. He has worked as a contributor for several online magazines covering subjects from the music business to political shenanigans, and always writes for the underdog, the short-end-of-the-stick-holder, and the Empire's working poor, the systematically abused and overlooked nameless faces among us. After an existential crisis in 1992, Pete quit reading all other authors...See more

Peter Graves Roberts is a poet, author, dad, husband and activist living and working in an all-American, seasonal beach paradise. He has worked as a contributor for several online magazines covering subjects from the music business to political shenanigans, and always writes for the underdog, the short-end-of-the-stick-holder, and the Empire's working poor, the systematically abused and overlooked nameless faces among us. After an existential crisis in 1992, Pete quit reading all other authors in an effort to develop his own "public voice." The result of his 20 year experiment is what he calls "extreme of consciousness," the works in this short collection embody that characteristic style of mixing modern meter with classic archetypal imagery, highlighting the thin line between enlightenment and insanity. Themes that generally cause his writing spasms include war, poverty, love, double-standards and the plight of the world's working poor people. He receives an abundance of inspiration working a day job as a desk clerk in a little tourist town in North Carolina with an oft mispronounced name; Corolla...and that's kuh-RAH-luh for those of you who don't know about it, yet. See less