the poet goes to the market everyone has to once in a while-- the poet goes to market selling his wares for what they’re worth asking for more than applause this time. a sense of salesmanship forces him out of his little world and as he does so he’s happy-- a smile cracks his face showing that he too has teeth. --Michael Pingarron BIG HAMMER is edited by Dave Roskos & published by Iniquity Press/Vendetta Books & was founded in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1988. This is issue #24 published in April of 2025, edited & sequenced by Dave at a secret location on the Jersey Shore. Contributors this issue: Jen Dunford-Roskos, Ayler Roskos, Angela Mark, Alexander Ragsdale, Michael Shores, Ed Sanders, Ronna Lebo aka Alice B. Talkless, Woody Guthrie, Jim Cohn, normal, Ay Streatz pka Thot King, Matt Borkowski, Michael Pingarron, Andy Clausen, Covington Hall aka Covami, Dave Roskos, David Cope, Robert Obrzut, Eliot Katz, Tureeda Mikell, Olga Cabral, Alan Catlin, d.a. levy, Bertolt Brecht, Al Markowitz, Mary Franke, Lola Ridge, Kurt Nimmo, Damian Rucci, Gary W. Szelc, Jean-Francois Millet, Zoltán Böszörményi, Paul Sohar, Miriam Halliday-Borkowski, Arianna Astuni, Pamela Twining, Karin Jervert aka Sunday Blu, Bertha Sanchez Bello, Bree, Beth Borrus, Cheryl Vargas, Cheryl Townsend, Debbie Kirk, Gia Rose, Boni Joi, Loring Hughes, Tom Obrzut, Anthony George, Salvatore Roseo, Dwyer Jones, Calvin Kaucher, Carl Kaucher, Ace Backwords, W.D. Ehrhart, Roibeard, Laura Hershey, Munsif Husami, Lamont Steptoe, Jakima Davis, Dan Grote, Joe Roarty, Kevin Ridgeway, Richard Martin, Joe Weil, Robert M. Zoschke, T. Kilgore Splake, Joel Dailey, Lou Schwarcz, Slayer Joe aka Joey Leonardis, Westley Heine, Ted Jackins, Michael DeMan, Chris Stroffolino, Herschel Silverman, Joel Lewis, John Lunar Richey, Ken Greenley, Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal, Linda Lerner, Zakit Levine, Mike James, Tom Kryss, A.D. Winans.