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.

Copies can now be purchased online; or through the mail for $5 (plus $2 US shipping; $4 out-of-US 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 several free random books from the archives while we clean house.

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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SHADES OF GREEN by Jeff Fleming

Shades of Green

Poetry by Jeff Fleming
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Jeff Fleming's latest collection of poems revolves around the before, during, and after years of the Vietnam War, dabbling more with the damaging psychological effects of the sights, sounds, and senses of and around the soldiers than the actual war itself. Fleming doesn't claim to be an historian in these poems, but rather a narrator for those who can no longer speak for themselves, a portal into the minds of the fallen... or those who would rather they had fallen than be thrown back into a society that no longer understands what they'd been through. The voice is there, in a simple and unpretentious way, giving faces and names to those who can no longer tell their stories and paralleling the fears and flickering media images of today's war, reminding us that history repeats itself if we don't learn from it. Fleming -- an editor and publisher, himself, who knows the importance of saying everything in just a few words -- is precise with his pen, clear cut and vocal without the padding, bringing you a collection of poems that are equally as enjoyable and beautiful as they are important and gripping, leaving you knowing the truth about war and its survivors: that only those who have died will ever see the end of it.

Copies can now be purchased online; or through the mail for $5 (plus $2 US shipping; $4 out-of-US 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 three free random books from the archives while we clean house.

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Poems by Jeff Fleming:

Make It Count
the leaves, the grass
Blame
In The Bush
December 9, 1969
The Good News
Some Guys
Docs
Way Out Here
Today Is
The Machete
The Smallest Rustle
Chico Tells Me
Bird Book
Egg Nog and Something Else
The First Thing
In the Dust
The Little Moments
Over There
The Four Ravens of the Apocalypse
In the Dream

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~~Reviews and mentions: Poems from the Left Bank: Somerville, Mass. by Doug Holder blogged on Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene HERE and on The Somerville News HERE. Billy and Cindy by Stephanie Hiteshew and Dave Church reviewed on Ragged Edge: Instead-Of-A-Blog HERE.

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