CAMELOT KID'S TRIGGERTOPIA by David S. Pointer

Camelot Kid's Triggertopia

Poetry by
David S. Pointer
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David S. Pointer's latest work from Propaganda Press showcases the sadness and decrepitude of America's trailer parks and projects, the lower middle ground and the sorrowful struggles of the painful politics that keep a man standing there.  Pointer's words find the parallels in the global lower class, from the modern sex trades of developing countries to the glass ceilings and corporate ladders that keep us standing on the lower rung to lessons in economics as we try to explain away a war with lies and propaganda. Pointer dissects businesses, corporations, the loaded interviews, and the big-picture of the money-making world as it relates to the little people, from the perspective of a former project kid growing up in a slum called Camelot, the irony ringing out like the loud words making up this politically-charged, yet personal book.  Included, as well, are photos from David's past, ranging from photos of his parents -- his father, a bankrobber -- to photos of himself, and then on down to photos of his daughters, wrapping up three generations of Pointer's life as the cycle continues.

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This book includes:

Cover art and inside illustrations by leah angstman.

Poems by David S. Pointer:

A Slice of the Modern Sex Trade
Major CEO: Basic Job Description
Banjo Dan 
Jocko's
In A Perfect Small Press World
The Patient First?
[untitled haiku 1]
What's Up Economically
The Call of Contemporary Duty
[untitled haiku 2]
Love Has Landed
[untitled haiku 3]
[untitled haiku 4]
WWII Russian Military History
Not Quite Catsville
Destiny and Breanna
[untitled haiku 5]
The Replacements
Triggertopia
Camelot Kid Rides Again (Into the Revisionism of Family History)
One-Minute Manual for Aspiring Political Poets
Destination New Daybreak
[untitled haiku 6]
[untitled haiku 7]
[untitled haiku 8]
[untitled haiku 9] 
Another Hard Shift
Breakout
Former Project Kid Still Hears the Boss
Removing Rot in Excessive Riches
Love From Above
Quick Surgery Syndrome
[untitled haiku 10]
Attitudes of a Frequently Absent Party Girl
Wall Street-Washington    

A Review:  Published on Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene blog and in Wilderness House Literary Review #4, by Mignon Ariel King.

Sample poem: 

Love From Above

In Okinawa,
the nights
uncoiled out
of smoky control
like a sex swing
swirling on an
indulgent
stage of
intoxicated
disbelief
as another
hard-charging
Marine
gave his
green pay glob
to a money
box bookie
by a lift chair
lasso strap
before mounting
& becoming the
libido ranger
riding a night
nympho in a
spotlighted
leaking sky.

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Open Submissions/Poetry Opportunities News:


We are currently not accepting unsolicited chapbook manuscripts until summer, as we are full-up with our printing release schedule through October 2009.

We are, however, looking for those fantastic poems that you may have ventured across in some way or another. We have partnered with Jeff Fleming, of nibble, to create an annual poetry anthology of "found poems" that are just simply marvelous. Have you found one? Send it this way with the author contact information; we'd love to take a look!



Reviews/Exposure News:


this always opens to the story within and The Gut linked us on their websites/blogs.

Raymond Sapienza gave his new book, Political Prisoners, a few plugs on his Myspace profiles.

an alien here by leah angstman was reviewed by nibble.

Nowhere, Utah by justin.barrett was reviewed by nibble.

Julie Buffaloe-Yoder gave a mention of Poiesis #2 on her blog.

Ice Age by David S. Pointer was reviewed by nibble.



And as always, thanks for tuning in, and we'll catch you next week. Please send replies to alt.current@gmail.com.
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