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CANNED Booted, bumped, down-sized, fired, forced out, hated, hired, jobless, laid off, let go, out of work, out-sourced, pink-slipped, terminated, sacked, unemployed by Anthony Buccino
Non-rhyming verse about being out of work, the strains that tag along and the sinking boat you feel you're riding in. This collection deals with a difficult subject in a very real way. Its strength is its realness and that is also its greatest weakness. It's not for the faint of heart. A must-have for anyone who deals in human resources, personnel, recruitment, job placement, or has been fired, laid-off and is out of work. Plain brown wrapper paperback edition
CANNED, Booted,
bumped, down-sized, fired, forced out, hated, hired,
jobless, laid off, let go, out of work, out-sourced,
pink-slipped, terminated, sacked, unemployed – By
Anthony Buccino ISBN 0-9825677-3-1 ISBN 978-0-9825677-3-9
NOON CLOUDS FIRED FORCED OUT TEN MINUTES THAT STUPID JOB GOOD THINGS ABOUT BEING OUT OF WORK A SUCKER AND A BUCK STATISTIC
THERE’S THAT PICTURE A WHOLE NEW WORLD WANT ADS INTERVIEW SUIT WHAT KIND OF WORK YOU OUT OF ELEVATOR PITCH YOU GOOD AT SOMETHING GREATEST WEAKNESS YOU MUST LIKE FOOD HONEST TO A FAULT THE FIRING MONTH MY DAUGHTER’S JUNIOR PROM WHEN I GO POSTAL AMEN FOR OLD PLASTIC SAVING FOR THE PLUMBER BETTER LUCK HOMELESS AT CHRISTMAS
EGG HIERARCHY OF SEAGULLS FIRING COLD SMOKERS BIG UGLIES NOTHING PERSONAL HAPLESS COMMUTERS SEAGULLS FOR LUNCH EVEN PRISONERS GET LUNCH
JOB ROCK LET US COMPARE LUNCH BOX SNOOPY HAT FIXING THE ROOF HANDS IN SOCKS MIRROR
FREE LUNCH HURLING FEATHERING THE FORKLIFT SHOESTORE WRITER WAREHOUSE EYES DEAR BOSS
YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME ME AND HERBIE HAVE A BET LUCKY SURVIVOR Adapted from the verse You never forget your first time .... fired Good things about being out of work Got fired? Got mugged! Comments on CANNED “It is very lively, topical, and to
the point. The poems are jazzy, imagistic, and lyrical. This was one
of the best books I reviewed for this contest. A well structured
book of poetry has the following: clear and compelling cover image
that draws the reader in, a table of contents, interesting back
material that may included an author’s photograph and biographical
note (I found the back a bit cluttered and do consider a photo), and
clean typesetting. CANNED benefits from most of these. Audience
includes the general reader of contemporary poetry and of course
anyone suffering from unemployment and layoffs and the general
economic crisis. This book speaks to a real problem with humor and
poetic technique. “The most professional thing that any
book of poetry can have is a list of magazines (print and
electronic) where the poems were previously published. This shows
seriousness, and a track record. And so the acknowledgements here
are a terrific addition. Do consider sending a full manuscript out
to some literary presses for consideration. I think this collection
is publishable on that level. In terms of the poems themselves,
don’t shy away from detail or from images that use the five senses.
Abstraction is interesting, but it is detail and imagery that really
drive the feeling of any poem, so be specific. Also, add page
numbers to the contents. Overall, however, excellent work.” Judge: 60
19th Annual Writer's Digest Self-Published
Book Awards In The News Turning unemployment into an art form The Observer Back Cover
US Jobless Claims Fall Slightly, Inflation Stays Flat … 15 million people unemployed – 40% of them out of work for more than six months … Canada Jobless Rate Drops To 8.2%, 10-Month Low … Waiting For Return To Normal On Jobless Claims … U.S. News Jobless Claims Fall; Productivity Rises---Employers Squeezing More Output From Existing Workers, as Labor Market Lags Rest of Economy … French Jobless Rate Up In 4Q; Reaches 10% … Greece Sees Jobless Around 11% 2010 From 9.9% In 2009 … Bullard: Jobless Rate Will 'Tick Down' Modestly In Spring … US Undergoing A "Jobless Recovery" Now … US Jobless Claims -5K To 457K In Mar 13 Week … US Mar 6 Week Jobless Claims Unrevised At 462K … US Jobless Claims -5K To 457K In Mar 13 Wk; Survey -7K … US House Approves Short-Term Extension Of Jobless Benefits … Jobless Recovery in the U.S. Leaving Trail of Recession-Weary Employees in Its Wake, According to New Study … FOMC: Businesses Spending Significantly More, Not Hiring .… Manufacturers Ratcheting Up Hiring Plans For Spring '11-Nikkei … Flat Jobless Claims Show Delay In 'Robust' Hiring … Employers Plan 'Moderate' Hiring In Second Quarter –Manpower … Studies Of Web Searches Offer Preview Of Hiring Trends. … Fisher: Economy's Main Problem Is Lack Of Hiring … Australia Retailers Want More Flexible Hiring Laws … Obama: Expect Businesses To Start Hiring At 'More Rapid Clip' … Obama Is Smart To Focus On Small-Business Hiring. … Ford To Begin Hiring At New Lower Wages … Silicon Valley Employers Anticipate Hiring Increase in Q1 … Uncertainty Holds Back Hiring, Investment By Business-US Chamber … Obama: Must Explore Every Avenue To Boost Hiring … Looking At Hiring, There's Not Much To Look At … Firing Has Definitely Slowed, But Hiring In Limbo Where You May Have Seen Some of These Poems Hands In Socks – Editor's Choice, 2008 ALLEN GINSBERG POETRY AWARDS, Paterson Literary Review #38 Homeless At Christmas, Lunch Box, Tell The Wife, There’s That Picture – Rattlesnake Review (Poetry With Fangs) Snoopy Hat – Paterson Literary Review #38 Ten Minutes – Honorable Mention, 2009 ALLEN GINSBERG POETRY AWARDS, Paterson Literary Review #39 When I Go Postal – Medusa’s Kitchen Tell The Wife, Fired - Caduceus
CANNED, Booted, bumped, down-sized, fired,
forced out, hated, hired, jobless, laid off, let go, out
of work, out-sourced, pink-slipped, terminated, sacked,
unemployed – By Anthony Buccino Published by Cherry Blossom Press, PO Box 110252, Nutley, NJ 07110 Ten Minutes After You're Gone
Hands in Socks
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Dow Jones Newswires NJ.Com - NJ Voices Patch.com Baristanet.com The Nutley Sun The Belleville Times The Independent Press of Bloomfield The Glen Ridge Paper The Nutley Journal The Belleville Post New Jersey Monthly Essex Journal Modern Food Service Magazine
Paterson Literary Review, U.S. 1 Worksheets, Rattlesnake Review, Medusa's Kitchen, Voices In Italian Americana, Edison Literary Review, Journal of New Jersey Poets, CHEST, The Idiom, Fox Chase Review, Up & Under, Caduceus, South Mountain Poets Anthology, MEWS, LIPS, More Sweet Lemons, The Poem Factory, On The Quiet Side, PowWow Review and other places, too! ********* ''New Jersey's 'Garrison Keillor' '' **
** "... or something to that effect"
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New Jersey author Anthony Buccino
published more than fifteen books including four essay collections, three
military history books and seven full-length poetry collections.
His stories of the 1960s earned a SPJ-NJ 2011 Excellence in Journalism award. His transit blog on NJ.com earned a SPJ-NJ 2010 Excellence in Journalism award. His poem At The Vet has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. He has been called ' “New Jersey’s ‘Garrison Keillor” or something to that effect.’ Anthony Buccino fan page on Facebook Copyright © 1995-2013 By Anthony Buccino.
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