American Boy: Pushing SixtyBy Anthony Buccino |
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From the center of the Baby Boom, this working class verse begins under a wooden class room desk as an air raid siren sounds, and captures the summer spell and its simplicity in drinking water from a garden hose. Verse I RUMOURS OF WAR COWBOY OF OCTOBER WATER FROM A GARDEN HOSE MILKWEED CAROMS TELEVISION ENDING SATURDAY TV COWBOY BUTCH BOYS IN THE WOODS HOT LUNCH BUG JUICE AMERICAN BOY NAMES MONEY IN NEWSPAPERS NEEDLE LEGLESS SOMETIMES I SWEAR IN ITALIAN FACCIA BRUTE DEAR OLD MAN GAMES WE PLAYED THAT FIRST KISS BAD BOYS KILLER JOE OLD MAN
II SILENT TALK TRAVELS THE CAFETERIA ALL THE BEST FOODS FORGOTTEN DREAMS SILENT SOUNDS SURPRISE NO TIME FOR OOPS CLASS EVERYTHING HURTS CURSE OF THE BUTTONS VANISHING WORDS SANDWICHED TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER YOU WANT TO KNOW OLD YOUNGER MAN’S CLOTHES SHOELACES CRAYONS FIFTY-TWO MIRROR RUBBER TIRES JOB ROCK QUIET ONE LAST LAUGH BIRTHDAY POEM
III PINKY IN MY ROOM CONFETTI TOWN PUB LAST DOG DEAR ROY DO OVER
IV WHAT’S WRONG PUSHING SIXTY WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE WHAT I DON’T UNDERSTAND MARCIA ONE TRUE LOVE Acknowledgements Some poems in this collection may also appear in other collections of Buccino’s work and in the following literary journals. BIRTHDAY POEM published in Medusa’s Kitchen EVERYTHING HURTS, ALL THE BEST FOODS and WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE published in Rattlesnake Review (Poetry With Fangs) HOT LUNCH, AMERICAN BOY and DO NOT THINK published in Poem Factory OLD MAN published in Raving Dove YOUNGER MAN’S CLOTHES published in The Edison Literary Review SILENT TALK published in Journal of New Jersey Poets TOWN PUB published in LIPS AMERICAN BOY: Pushing Sixty by Anthony Buccino Copyright © 2012 By Anthony Buccino Published by: Cherry Blossom Press, PO Box 110252, Nutley, NJ 07110 From readers "I just received ... your American Boy: Pushing Sixty. I read every single poem, and during some, it was hard not to feel sad enough to cry. I think I like this best of your books and I know I will read it a few more times to savor all of them again." "I read your book through and through twice. Absolutely enjoyed it. Your words flow so freely." American Boy on Amazon in paperback |
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