Political Prisoners, book six in our Pocket Protectors mini-chapbook series, is now available! The January collection is squeezed full of excellent short poems revolving around politics, social commentary, war, justice, and changing times, penned by a master of light rhyme and gentle reason, Raymond Sapienza. Full of strong opinions, beautiful punches, honest words, startling imagery, and past experiences, this book will take you through life as we know it on a political journey of truth and exploration. Copies can now be purchased online or through the mail for $3 (plus $2 shipping) via cash, check, or money order made out to Alternating Current, PO Box 398058, Cambridge MA 02139 USA, or via PayPal with the email address alt.current@gmail.com. All authors on our press receive royalties for each copy sold, and each purchase comes with a free random book from the archives while we clean house.
This book includes:
Cover artwork:
the cages of hands by leah angstman
Poems by Raymond Sapienza:
political prisoners
trench politics
histories on parchment
peace
running
obsession
one
scrolls
lost pulse
Amsterdam, 1942
pieces in a box
volume
rush hour
flies
speaking
small
pass the earplugs and blinders please
at a club in the heart of town
wake
wages
lament
holy ground
blind
a life worthwhile
bog people
universology
avoidance
who i am
the telling of time
speed of life
weight
coffee futures
sanctuary
so they say
cardboard
not us
fix
vacancy
mix
language packed loose
waste
the sorrow of death
into the light
distance
flailing
out of step with friends
lack
wade
hand out
in wait
antithesis
con-sequence
too much knowledge can spoil the fun
it is autumn and rain falls
would it matter so much
polling places
architecture
quicksand
loquacious
last words
vacuum
