OccuPoetry‘s first edition is now available as a PDF. A free download, Issue 1 inlcudes poems published at OccuPoetry‘s website from November 2011 through April 30, 2012. Poems published after April 30th will be included in future issues. Download your copy here, … Continue reading
Occupy: Lessons, Fall 2011 by Ric Vrana Look around you and see private homes and cars public streets and buildings everything mortgaged. Debt abstractions, bought and sold beyond our control. When the banks own our homes we dwell at their … Continue reading
Gleaning by Howard J. Kogan Growing up in the 1940s I would get summer pocket money gleaning the area under the bleachers at the baseball field. A half-hour of crawling around would yield enough 2-cent deposits for a candy bar … Continue reading
Outrage leads us to break our silence by Marietta Calvanico Outrage was an early trademark of my generation, It punctuated the pace of our forward progress, Maybe when we hit that disco wall, those fat bass beats dulled the edges … Continue reading
Gunpowder Like Graphite by William Haas Gunpowder like graphite on fingertips precedes the rudderless bloodletting. Ruthless men rule Cities of corpses strung from Electric wires where blackbirds Perch before ripping the air like Newsprint, torn by trembling Hands black beneath … Continue reading