A Socially Acceptable Breakdown

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Patrick Roche, 2021

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patrickrochepoetry
04/04/23
Close out National Poetry Month by joining me for my workshop series with @buttonpoetry 📓✍️👨‍💻💜 Classes are Thursdays or Sundays starting Thursday 4/20 or Sunday 4/23, all held live via Zoom Come learn how to Reclaim and Reframe Your Narrative! #buttonpoetry #napowrimo #poetry #writingworkshop #nationalpoetrymonth #patrickroche #poetsofinstagram
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patrickrochepoetry
02/06/23
Come write with me!!! I’m so excited to be leading a workshop series with @buttonpoetry this April! 🥳🙌✍️📝 Just follow the link in my bio More about the workshop: Reclaiming and Reframing Your Narrative We’ll be exploring personal narrative as a foundation for poetry and learning how we can guide our stories, how we can gain agency through them, and how we can reframe them and shift our own understanding of our stories. This workshop has everything: poems, music, whatever nerdy pop culture I tie in, metamorphosis, coping and personal growth, drag performances??? 👀🤯🤭 Only one way to find out how it all comes together—go sign up and join us!!! On Thursdays or Sundays, starting April 20th and 23rd Original wing photo credit @getjaxed #poetry #poetsofinstagram #buttonpoetry #spokenword #poetryslam #patrickroche #writingworkshop
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bri.and.her.books
06/02/22
"The pharmacist hands me the prescription and asks if I have any questions, so I ask her, what does God look like?" - Patrick Roche TW: Eating Disorders, Suicide A Socially Acceptable Breakdown is a poetry collection written by award-winning poet Patrick Roche (patrickrochepoetry) and published by Button Poetry (buttonpoetry). This collection is a hard-hitter and doesn't shy away from themes of depression, body image, family, alcoholism, death, queerness, and survival. Patrick Roche laces these sometimes heavy themes with moments of wonder, gratitude, and pop culture references. My favorite poems from this collection were "Ode to Vitamin D," In which My Mother's Prayers Teach Me about Joy," and "Ode to My Infant Nephew's Crying." You know I love a poetry collection if I ever run into a room to read a poem out loud to my partner, and this book made me do just that. I don't know a better way to praise this book! So overall, I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in contemporary poetry, particularly if the aforementioned themes speak to you. Just always be mindful of where your headspace is at before diving into a collection that hits too close to home. While poetry can be a beautiful form of expression and connection, it can also stir up our own wounds. And as always, please reach out if you are struggling: SAMHSA National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357) Tags: #buttonpoetry #mentalhealthawareness #lgbtpoets #poetrybooks #modernpoets #contemporarypoetry #ASociallyAcceptableBreakdown #PatrickRoche #QueerPoets #DiverseReads
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patrickrochepoetry
05/18/22
A Socially Acceptable Breakdown was named a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award for Excellence in Independent Publishing!!! 🎉🙌😱 I’ll be celebrating with some bubble tea, but you can also celebrate by ordering a copy from buttonpoetry at the link in my bio! 📖🧋 #poetry #poetsofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #bookstagram #asociallyacceptablebreakdown #patrickroche #buttonpoetry
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curiositybcn
01/16/22
Just received a beautiful bundle of poetry! I found the publisher buttonpoetry through 'Depression and Other Magic Tricks' (badass_sab), which discovered me alongside 'Hold your Own' (Kaetempest) in waterstones a few years ago, and made me late for the hairdressers! It was a moment so captivating I wrote a poem about it titled ‘Submission’, published by the prostibulopoetico in the #librorojo. I adore what Button do - accessible and gorgeous performance poetry by diverse poets in beautiful bindings. **************** *Submission* It began: caterpillar trails on moleskin yielding to the slap of keys, fevers of printer ink. It began: with you wrapped in brown paper, bound with metal clips, passed palm to palm until the right pair of eyes tore you open spilling blistered velvet, crackling dust, chocolate salt. It began: and since that moment in the bookshop café after a Japanese hipster left you naked on the table and my curiosity held your spine and made me late for the hairdressers; it is I whose eyes dilate as they stroke your form, who watches breath arrested as your black moths settle on my conscience, whose blood thrusts with your metre, who kneels at your stanza and begs for line breaks that smack my thighs. It began: with larvae begging for blood and breath and the beating of creation. **************** #readingpoetryinbed #paperbackpoetrylover #readpoetryplease #poetryrebellion #neveralonewithapoem #darlingsandlovelies #performancepoetry #spokenword #poetrybrothel #poetrycommunity #invisiblerevolution #buttonpoetry #sabrinabenaim #kaetempest #waterstones
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curiositybcn
01/16/22
Just received a beautiful bundle of poetry! I found the publisher buttonpoetry through 'Depression and Other Magic Tricks' (badass_sab), which discovered me alongside 'Hold your Own' (Kaetempest) in waterstones a few years ago, and made me late for the hairdressers! It was a moment so captivating I wrote a poem about it titled ‘Submission’, published by the prostibulopoetico in the #librorojo. I adore what Button do - accessible and gorgeous performance poetry by diverse poets in beautiful bindings. **************** *Submission* It began: caterpillar trails on moleskin yielding to the slap of keys, fevers of printer ink. It began: with you wrapped in brown paper, bound with metal clips, passed palm to palm until the right pair of eyes tore you open spilling blistered velvet, crackling dust, chocolate salt. It began: and since that moment in the bookshop café after a Japanese hipster left you naked on the table and my curiosity held your spine and made me late for the hairdressers; it is I whose eyes dilate as they stroke your form, who watches breath arrested as your black moths settle on my conscience, whose blood thrusts with your metre, who kneels at your stanza and begs for line breaks that smack my thighs. It began: with larvae begging for blood and breath and the beating of creation. **************** #readingpoetryinbed #paperbackpoetrylover #readpoetryplease #poetryrebellion #neveralonewithapoem #darlingsandlovelies #performancepoetry #spokenword #poetrybrothel #poetrycommunity #invisiblerevolution #buttonpoetry #sabrinabenaim #kaetempest #waterstones
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patrickrochepoetry
01/02/22
Seeing my book on real-life shelves in real book stores is WILD!!!!!! 🤯😱🙌❤️😃 As always, you can order it directly from buttonpoetry at the link in my bio, but you also might come across it in stock at a local shop!! 📖📚 #buttonpoetry #poetry #authorsofinstagram #publishedauthor #barnesandnoble #bookstagram #patrickroche #ASociallyAcceptableBreakdown
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patrickrochepoetry
01/02/22
Seeing my book on real-life shelves in real book stores is WILD!!!!!! 🤯😱🙌❤️😃 As always, you can order it directly from buttonpoetry at the link in my bio, but you also might come across it in stock at a local shop!! 📖📚 #buttonpoetry #poetry #authorsofinstagram #publishedauthor #barnesandnoble #bookstagram #patrickroche #ASociallyAcceptableBreakdown
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patrickrochepoetry
12/21/21
“I pull the sword from the prescription bottle I unwind all the clocks and the winter thaws and the witch meets her end at the sharp edge of a blade and I never do Let’s praise the fairy godmother of a good therapist Let’s tell the bards to sing about the enchanted kingdom I am freeing in my own mind” —“Fairy Tale” from A Socially Acceptable Breakdown (available from buttonpoetry at the link in my bio) It’s been over two months since the release of my book! Still very surreal and wild and wacky to think it exists and that folks have been reading it and holding it and sharing in its journey. What are your favorite parts or poems from it?? #poetry #poetsofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #buttonpoetry #patrickroche #spokenword #asociallyacceptablebreakdown
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analysisthepoet
10/25/21
“Every Thursday I go to couples therapy with my Depression He whispers in my ear to stay in bed for another day presses his palm to my chest afraid I’m going to escape the covers After I scrape myself out of the shower I still smell like him”  --from “Couples Therapy,” by Patrick Roche, in A Socially Acceptable Breakdown (©2021)   I had the great fortune to meet and interview poet Patrick Roche (patrickrochepoetry) last week as a part of a festival of poetry, love, support and artistic excellence called the Stonewall International Poetry Slam! (SIPSfest)  On the real, you need to get his new joint, “A Socially Acceptable Breakdown.”  Masterfully written, vulnerably yet overcomingly (yes—this book deserves a made-up word) powerful!  You can get it at bookshop.org (bookshop_org) and indicate an independent bookstore to support such as Red Emma’s (redemmas) or another of your preferred indies.   Thank you justkennethsomething and the entire #SIPSfest organizing team & for the opportunity, and mad props for an excellent week!   #PatrickRoche www.patrickrochepoetry.com #ASociallyAcceptableBreakdown #poetry #spokenword #poetrybook buttonpoetry #LGBTQIA+ #readabook #readafuckingbook #depression #bodydysmorphia #selflove #living [Pic: finals at centerstagemd; book talk was at hotelrlboaltimore] Hotelrl officialblackartsdistrict #redemmas
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analysisthepoet
10/25/21
“Every Thursday I go to couples therapy with my Depression He whispers in my ear to stay in bed for another day presses his palm to my chest afraid I’m going to escape the covers After I scrape myself out of the shower I still smell like him”  --from “Couples Therapy,” by Patrick Roche, in A Socially Acceptable Breakdown (©2021)   I had the great fortune to meet and interview poet Patrick Roche (patrickrochepoetry) last week as a part of a festival of poetry, love, support and artistic excellence called the Stonewall International Poetry Slam! (SIPSfest)  On the real, you need to get his new joint, “A Socially Acceptable Breakdown.”  Masterfully written, vulnerably yet overcomingly (yes—this book deserves a made-up word) powerful!  You can get it at bookshop.org (bookshop_org) and indicate an independent bookstore to support such as Red Emma’s (redemmas) or another of your preferred indies.   Thank you justkennethsomething and the entire #SIPSfest organizing team & for the opportunity, and mad props for an excellent week!   #PatrickRoche www.patrickrochepoetry.com #ASociallyAcceptableBreakdown #poetry #spokenword #poetrybook buttonpoetry #LGBTQIA+ #readabook #readafuckingbook #depression #bodydysmorphia #selflove #living [Pic: finals at centerstagemd; book talk was at hotelrlboaltimore] Hotelrl officialblackartsdistrict #redemmas
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patrickrochepoetry
10/16/21
Roscoe says, “Have you pre-ordered your signed copy of my dad’s book yet?? There’s hardly any left!! It’s my favorite book since See Spot Run!” Get yours from buttonpoetry at the link in my bio! If we can sell the rest of the signed copies, I’ll go live with Roscoe and do a Q&A/talk/maybe do some improvised poems based on your suggestions! #poetry #poetsofinstagram #dogsofinstagram #dogstagram #publishedauthor #buttonpoetry #patrickroche #ASociallyAcceptableBreakdown #signedbooks
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Description

A poetry collection pulling from the author’s personal narrative to take the reader on a journey through family, mental health, grief, pop culture, body image, queer identity, love, joy, memory, myth, and magic. The collection follows a trajectory of 1) exploring identity, avoidance, escapism, and shame, then 2) facing and confronting fears, shame, grief, and self-image, and finally 3) breaking down stigma, searching for joy, finding self-acceptance, and the value of storytelling and sharing as a tool to connect, love, and choose progress.

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Praise for A Socially Acceptable Breakdown

A Socially Acceptable Breakdown is an invitation to healing the relationship between the Brain, the Body & the Being through honest self-reflection and self-forgiveness.

— FreeQuency, author of Becoming//Black

A Socially Acceptable Breakdown is a masterclass in storytelling, and a reminder that sometimes the most important victory is surviving to tell the story.

— Brandon Melendez, author of Gold That Frames the Mirror

One rarely expects to be undone by syntax, but here I am. Walloped. A Socially Acceptable Breakdown reminds us how cruel the psyche can be. And also how majestic.

— Jeanann Verlee, author of prey, Said the Manic to the Muse, and Racing Hummingbirds

Make no mistake, A Socially Acceptable Breakdown is a magic show on-page that leaves the reader in awe, it isn’t just the show, it’s the show-stealer you’ll want a ticket to.

— Omar Holmon, author of We Were All Someone Else Yesterday

About Patrick Roche

Patrick Roche is an award-winning poet, mental health advocate, and Carly Rae Jepsen enthusiast from New Jersey. Videos of Patrick’s work have amassed 9 million views on YouTube, making him one of the most popular spoken word poets…. MORE

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