The Occupy Wall Street Poetry Anthology - Occupy Wall Street Library

887 Pages·2012·14.12 MB·English

by  Stephen Boyer

THE OCCUPY WALL STREET POETRY
ANTHOLOGY

COMPILED BY STEPHEN BOYER, FILIP MARINOVICH, KARI GIRON, JACKIE SIMMONS, SARAH
SARAI, ELIOT GLASSHEIM, JACKIE SHEELER, CHRIS COBB, OFELIA DEL CORAZON, SARAH E.
ROBEY, RAMI SHAMIR AND THE POETS OF OCCUPY WALL STREET

IN THE SPIRIT OF OCCUPY WALL STREET

A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE OF OCCUPY WALL STREET, THE PEOPLE’S LIBRARY,
THE POETRY ASSEMBLY AND THE SOURCE UNLTD PRINT AND COPY SHOP

THIS ANTHOLOGY IS FROM THE HEART OF THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT, IT’S A SYMBOL OF FREE
SPEECH, DEDICATED TO THERE BEING A FUTURE

WE LOVE YOU

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BY ORDER OF APPEARANCE: by Stephen Crane
AN ETHIC

by Christina Davis
POETIC INTRODUCTIONS (p.19)
PEACEABLE
by Christina Davis
Poems Are The Ultimate Weapon Of The 99%: An DEMONSTRATION DELIRIUM
Introduction by Filip Marinovich
by Danny Schechter MOTHER COURAGE PUSHING HER S.U.V. UP CAPITOL
The OWS Poetry Anthology Story HILL
by Stephen Boyer by Filip Marinovich (10/2010)
from THE MAD SONG TIME GUYS
by Michael Schiavo by Filip Marinovich
ONE LIBERTY FUNNY NUMBERS
by Cynthia Andrews by Filip Marinovich
Bicameral Breakdowns
WEEK ONE (p.27): 10/11/2011 by Joey Molinaro
Occupy Flats
Taking Brooklyn Bridge by Lara Weibgen
by Stuart Leonard Have It Your Way
WE WILL SEE by Lara Weibgen
Translated by Rafiq Kathwari Because we love each other
Caribou by Lara Weibgen
by Vivian Demuth In my past lives I must have met everybody
Nine Black Robes . . . by Stephen Boyer
by Steve Bloom Dear Lindsay Lohan My Friend IM’d Me
Air and Breakfast - an awful feeling by Stephen Boyer
by Jennifer Blowdryer Wallahi le Zein
CALIBAN PROTESTS by John Mulrooney
by Edgar Garcia Tremendous Loft
Gangbang For Democracy by Russell Jaffe
by Stephen Boyer Song for facades of buildings falling away and the
Lost Highway buildings themselves washing into the sea
by Masha Tupitsyn by Russell Jaffe
To Crush a Butterfly on the Wheel of a Tank: Why The Night, What It Allows
Americans Must Take to the Streets. by Claire Donato
by Rob Couteau Thin Cover
Celestial, Inc. by Gracie Leavitt
by Philip Fried The Answer
99% by Ayesha Adamo
by Najaya Royal Anonymous
Invitation to Walt (for Occupy Wall Street) by Eileen Myles
by Danny Shot Listen My Children
LET’S BURN THE FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS by Stuart Leonard
by Michael Brownstein YES, MR. MONEY
Rhymes & Sayings by Jack Foley
by Serge Matsko Mobocracy 101
The People Are Rising Again by Paul Nelson
by Tom Savage haiku flock
Bail Out What? by Mickey Z.
by Eliot Katz MAD SONNET
WOLFMAN LIBRARIAN AND THE TREMBLING PAIR OF by Michael McClure
ACTOR HANDS Luminous Moment
by Filip Marinovich by Jon Andersen
Occupy Planet Earth
WEEK TWO (p.61): 10/18/2011 by Jim Cohn
Heavy Weight
Untitled by Jack Litewka
by Tim Bokushu Tucker ECONOMICS
The impact of a dollar upon the heart by John Oliver Simon
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I Approve This Message by Marilyn Hacker
by Les Anderson OLD FACTORY
FOURTH OF JULY POEM by Miriam Stanley
by A. D. Winans Here's a poem :)
$$ Men Haiku by Ross Brighton
by Adelle Foley OO AMERICA
Waiting Eye by Doug Howerton
by Edgar Lang It's Really Up to Us
The People We Don’t See by Ngoma Hill
by Richard Krawiec To the Occupation
Be Fearless: Choose Love by Germ
by Nina Serrano Recollections I Will Have When I Am Old
WINDS OF TIME by Germ
by Edward Mycue Alphadebt
MIDNIGHT by Germ
by Edward Mycue Democracy Factory
From the 'BUMPS' by Germ
by Edward Mycue Opportunity Knocks
The Coming of Christ by Germ
by Raymond Nat Turner An Ode To The Cause
REVOLUTION by Germ
by ava bird THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNDER THE WIRE
for a good time, call your congressman! by Doren Robbins
by ava bird WHAT WE KNEW AND WHAT WE DECIDED AND WHAT
Testosterone the terrorist WE BUILT (guerilla warfare)
by ava bird by John Colburn
voting is for fools One for Overcoming (the self)
by ava bird by Stu Watson
Communique From The Center Of The Universe PUTTHEHARDWORDSFIRST
by Richard Woytowich by Stu Watson
From the Liberty Park Kitchen The Cause of Meaning Errantly
by Vivian Demuth by Stu Watson
The Whole World Areopagus of Equals
by Jonathan Skinner by Stu Watson
GIANT ROLLING WAVES ARC
by John Curl by James Scully
LIBERTÉ HOMECOMING
by Adrienne Rich by James Scully
In Utopia POOR. PARADISE.
by Charles Bernstein by James Scully
Haiku LISTENING TO COLTRANE
by Karma Tenzing Wangchuk by James Scully
SOLIDARITY THOUGHT The End of Dork Swagger
by Marc Olmsted by Steven Karl
Out Train Window
by Marc Olmsted WEEK THREE (p.117): 10/25/2011
Prisons of Egypt
by Anne Waldman Spine Poem
GAIA REGARDS HER CHILDREN by Erik Schurink
by Alicia Ostriker EMPLOYMENT
Imagine the Angels of Bread by Jorie Graham
by Martín Espada THE ECONOMONOMY
I Am Already Ashamed by Anselm Berrigan
by Penelope Schott POEM
Give Me Back My Pony by Anselm Berrigan
by Feliz Lucia Molina For Allen Ginsberg
After the Storm, Praise by Kate Wilson
by Kathy Engel MARLA RUZICKA
GLOSE by Hugh Seidman
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AN OPEN LETTER TO ALISA ZINOV'YEVNA The War Is Over
ROSENBAUM by Burt Kimmelman
by Mike Cecconi FUCK CAPITALISM
A Right to Bare by Dan Owen
by Ian Bodkin Ribbons and Bows
WEALTH MANAGEMENT by Dan Owen
by Cynthia Atkins It is mean to not share
ROOMS by Dan Owen
by Cynthia Atkins Poems for Occupy Wall Street - Anthology
WAYS OF DRILLING by Aaron Beasley
by Lee Slonimsky Tsunami
ILLINOIS PENSION ACCOUNTING by Kelly
by Lee Slonimsky U.S. City
THE PEACE MOVEMENT by Kelly
by M. G. Stephens Historical Inevitability
THE CULT OF ISAAC by Kelly
by M. G. Stephens Favela Tweets
WAR AND PEACE by Phil Baumann
by M. G. Stephens New Civilization Rising
THE ACT OF FAITH by Craig Louis Stehr
by M. G. Stephens Fight Song
AS IT IS by Star
by M. G. Stephens Movement
THE OLD CLOCK by Lisa Cattrone
by M. G. Stephens Reconjure the Blocks
LIFE HAS LOST ITS BEAUTIFUL RHYTHM by Lisa Cattrone
by M. G. Stephens OCCUPY YRSELF
NEWS OF THE WORLD by Lauren Marie Cappello
by M. G. Stephens stormed capital
PUBLIC NOTICE by betsy fagin
by M. G. Stephens Voice of Jah
THE CRISIS by Ras Osagyefo
by M.G. Stephens THE PEN IS MIGHTER THAN THE SWORD
THE DECLARATION OF PENGUINDEPENDENCE by Ras Osagyefo
by Filip Marinovich Sleep-Deprived, Mobile My Socioeconomic
is it zuccotti park where you are? by Celina Su
by Gus Franza Governmentality
Ode to an ever-intensifying by Celina Su
radical.radioactive.rejection of capitalism …da system is da problem.
by Ingrid Feeney [email protected]
A Dream Divulged : A Raw Collective Not From Here, Nor There
by Eddie Caceres Jr. by Carol Denson
AMERICA (When Things Fall Apart) DEATH To VAN GOGH’S EAR (first half)
by Philomene Long by Allen Ginsberg
The World Wave The Status Quo Reprise
by James Smith by Jesús Papoleto Meléndez
ZUCCOTTI PARK (A TOUR))))))))))))))))))) An excerpt from EVERYDAY WRITING: A
by Gus Franza Deconstruction of the Human Hive
SHOW ME WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE by Nathaniel Watts
by Lara Weibgen NEWANGELS
The Blue Cat Visits OWS, the First Colony of Liberty in by Edward Mycue
the New World Last Days of Disco
by Franklin Reeve by Ayesha Adamo
God and The City EARTHQUAKE
by Floyd Salas by Kelli Stevens Kane
The Pledge of Aggrievance FACT-CHECKING REAGONOMICS
by S.A. Griffin by G. P. Skratz
The War OCCU PIE
by S.A. Griffin by G. P. Skratz
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The dark tunnel by Bob Holman
by Chad Johnson I am sick
The hour glass by UsooMe
by Chad Johnson Occupy Our Streets
When will we learn by Surazeus
by Chad Johnson Wall of Street
The next superstar : by Christopher Bernard
by Chad Johnson Occupy Your Mind
Arrogant by Christopher Bernard
by Chad Johnson To the Bankers . . .
Sinking like a rock by Christopher Bernard
by Chad Johnson SON OF A WORKING MAN
Letter To Travis by Santo Mollica
by Dr. Ed Madden Letter to the NYPD on the 9th Day of the Wall Street
AUTO-TUNE Occupation
by Ben Lerner by Eric Raanan Fischman
Rite of the Gift
by Carolyn Elliott WEEK FOUR (p.217): 11/1/2011
Ghost Flowers
by Carolyn Elliott Love in Autumn (Blessed Are the People)
The Unimagined by Matt Deen
by Carolyn Elliott Case History...
I am autumn wrought by Christopher Barnes
by Gustavo Troncoso Autonomous Revolt
Marguerite Duras by Christopher Barnes, UK
by Feliz Lucia Molina Long Arm Of Cold Sweats
CRAIGSLIST MISSED CONNECTIONS by Christopher Barnes
by Cynthia White In This Accusative Bout
Wall Street Horse Sense by Christopher Barnes
by Richard Woytowich Responding To A Scream's Blowout
Everybody by Christopher Barnes, UK
by Sparrow The Mark
Socialist Poem by Christopher Barnes
by Sparrow Wall Street Occupied
Total Capitalism by Peter Neil Carroll
by Sparrow THE FOLLY OF HONEST MEN
Awful Fart by David Howard
by Sparrow The Great Unrest
LXII Untitled (Deep Sea Diver) by D.A. Powell
by Maureen Seaton and Samuel Ace As I Look to the Sky
In Sum by Tenisha Smith
by Richard Wyndbourne Kline I know it’s Hard
FOR DENNIS BRUTUS by Chris Coon
by Austin Straus Homelessness
THE TAO OF UNEMPLOYMENT by Chris Coon
by Wanda Coleman BALLAD AGAINST MONEY
SONG OF THE THIRD WORLD BIRDS by Rebecca Mertz
by Lawrence Ferlinghetti Wild Things
OCCUPYING AUSTIN (one day @ a time) by Michelle Higgins
by Thom Woodruff Sycamore
2:57am by Alex Tamaki
by grimwomyn Against Interpretation
GOOD NEWS by Alex Tamaki
by Dan Brady A Poem for the Owls
TROUBLE AT THE POLE by Matt Proctor
by Kevin Killian Commencement
listen by Shelley Ettinger
by Burt Ritchie Our Block Hot August Night
Occupy by Shelley Ettinger
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Look Up 3 Haiku
by Shelley Ettinger by Dan Brook
Imitations in G Notes from Occupied America (poem #27)
by Mark Butkus by Karen Lillis
LA GRAN FUNCIÓN Notes from Occupied America (poem #43)
by Victoria Marín by Karen Lillis
BROTHER Notes from Occupied America (poem #17)
by Hugh Mann by Karen Lillis
POEM Killing Shells#2
by Simon Pettet by Paul Hawkins
OCCUPY POETRY Lyrics to Tune for Drum and Wind
by "Damn" Dan by Jared Stanley
A New Translation of an Unwritten Prophecy Lyric for the Occupation of Pittsburgh
by Patrick Kosiewicz by Isaac Hill
School Anthem aka Senioritis, 2000 Collateralized Debt Obligation
by MC Paul Barman by Greg Vargo
Poem for Occupy Wall Street Living with the War
by Nia Lourekas by Greg Vargo
Poem 4 People’s Mic What the Sergeant Offered
by Paul Mills / Poez by Greg Vargo
Occupation Six Weeks
by Alex M. Stein by Greg Vargo
FOUR HAIKU'S WRITTEN IN ZUCOTTI PARK PEACEMAKERS ON WALL STREET
by Sarah Valeri and Dan Collins by Louise Annarino
Youcaress IN-FORMATION
by Bill Scott by Louise Annarino
Forager Still Trying to Overcome
by Jennifer O'Neill Pickering by Louise Annarino
Children Are Like Rivers Such Savage Thirst
by Jennifer O'Neill Pickering by Wesley Parish
It is never Too Late to Climb Trees OUT OF KILTER
by Jennifer O'Neill Pickering by Jack Roberts
Huelga General SEPTEMBER 24, 2011: 100 THOUSAND POETS FOR
by Vincent Katz CHANGE
Cabin by Michael Castro
by Vincent Katz OCCUPYING WALL STREET
Fool’s Gold by Michael Castro
by Steve Dalachinsky TO SPEAK OF TREES
Toward an American Spring, Fall 2011 by Michael Castro
by Ray Rankin Build Our Occupations (Resisting Lords Of Greed)
These Are Our Weapons by Raymond Nat Turner
by Hilton Obenzinger, PhD Seven Parking Tickets
OCCUPY EVERYWHERE TOGETHER by Annie Rachele Lanzillotto
by Adam Cornford JUMPIN WITH JOY
Flame to Inferno by Annie Rachele Lanzillotto
by Courtney Housel Dear Mr. President:
For Scott Olsen by Gloria Frym
by Courtney Housel from Mind Over Matter
MALDITAS SON LAS OLAS, MALDITAS SON LAS by Gloria Frym
ORTIGAS KINDNESS
by Gustavo Troncoso by Hugh Mann
Why the Window Washer Reads Poetry
by Laura Grace Weldon WEEK FIVE (p.291): 11/8/2011
Persona Ficta
by Jena Osman CARTOONS
Generation Heat by Sharon Rosenzweig
by Robert Smith Koi Pond
Wall Street Encampment by Urgyen Thupten Dorje
by Linda Kleinbub SONG TO SING BEFORE A MIRROR
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by Martine Compton POLICE
Letter From Mt. Sinai by Julien Poirier
by Sarah Harper CRIME
Manifesto (MoMA 10/20/11) by Julien Poirier
by Sarah Harper AUGURIES OF COMPASSION
Freudian Insight by Julien Poirier
by Sparrow SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS
Octagonal Police by Julien Poirier
by Sparrow ADVICE TO SQUATTERS
The Taming of the Shrewd by Julien Poirier
by Sparrow Downtown Walk
An oration for Occupy Wall Street: by A.E. Richards
by Sparrow Extreme Sanity
Star-spangled, with Flu by Yuko Otomo
by Dodie Bellamy ZUMANS
Poem for OWSL by J.C.
by Joseph Perez Thoughts on OWS
Love is a canister of gas you can throw by Alexa White
by Terence Degnan Occupy Wall Street in 8 anagrams
Ode to the Poor by Erik Schurink
by Mike Perkins My One Demand
Sacrificial Lambs by Alia Gee
by Mike Perkins At Liberty to Say
ERUPTION by Alia Gee
by Sherman Pearl DANCING IN THE SUNLIGHT
THE 99% ARCANE by MisterHAN / Charles T. Cleary
by Jack Hirschman FULL MOON REVISITED
Poesía de los Indignados by MisterHAN/ Charles T. Cleary
by Mark Butkus REMEMBERING BROTHER MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
POLAROID by MisterHAN/ Charles T. Cleary
by Catherine Corman Free Photographs
No Share, No Ware by Ariel Goldberg
by Riché Richardson Occupy Poetry
Why is this by Jessica Lipscomb
by Ruth Hamilton Untitled
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY 101 by Tyler Merbler
by Bruce Stephenson SORRY
Wasteland Vol 3: on wars within and without by Najha Fancois
by Lewis Lazarus Untitled
The Witch's Prophecies Part I by Najha Fancois
by Lewis Lazarus a tomb or a cocoon
The Speech by Patrick Hughes
by Lewis Lazarus maze>maze>maze>maze>maize (abridged version)
Offering by Patrick Hughes
by Lewis Lazarus looked at the moon through a horoscope and it was
The Wild West: Where Man's Law meets Judiciary Law fucking screaming
by Lewis Lazarus by Patrick Hughes
The Witch's Prophecies Part II the suns, the dogs, the old fish
by Lewis Lazarus by Patrick Hughes
The Waltz all politics want to divorce their owners
by Lewis Lazarus by Patrick Hughes
Prophecies Come and Go, Life Moves On The State of Loneliness
by Lewis Lazarus by Nino Rekhviashvili
All Senses Stripped Dipping into American History
by Lewis Lazarus by Nino Rekhviashvili
The Toll The Pac Man
by Lewis Lazarus by Michael O'Brian
The Last Illusion, The First True Painting
by Lewis Lazarus WEEK SIX (p.361): 11/15/2011
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The Prime
CARTOONS by Vivekanand Jha
by Sharon Rosenzweig Trauma of Terror
An overwhelming majority by Vivekanand Jha
by Vincent Katz America’s Heart
standing in a batch of bees by Paul Dickey
by Patrick Hughes Exile
subprime tsunamis by Dawn Potter
by Ravi Chandra The Occupy New York
IN FOREIGN FIELDS by Erwin Franke
by Bruce Stephenson Liberty Square: Day of the Foley Square March
Dear 99 by Stuart Leonard
by William Scott Banksters!
Occupy Wall Street by John Jackson
by Jennifer Nelson Poetry is not created for your convenience
How to live like a____ in ____ by Marina Mati
by Sheila Black Adam, Are you Ready?
Bricolage by Genine Lentine
by Peter Ciccariello Poem For the Occupations
Crossing Right Over (11:11:11) by Steve Collis
by Bruce Stephenson
The People's Microphone WEEK SEVEN (p.407): 11/22/2011
by Chris Cheek
Song for the Day Limerick
by Francesco Levato by Erwin Franke
The No-Net World Mainstream Society is the New Voice
by Larissa Shmailo by Dawn Gastil
truth beauty The Lit Match Sputters In
by Michael Schiavo by Donna Fleischer
war time Occupy Wall Street
by Michael Schiavo by Lewis Grupper
lines life Newtonian Utopia
by Michael Schiavo by Brendan Lorber
Figli della disobbedienza Take Me to Intentional City
by Alessandra Bava © 2011 by Brendan Lorber
Sons of Disobedience Occupy, Or Under The Hunger Moon
byAlessandra Bava © 2011 by R.M. Engelhardt
Songs of Defiance Yellow Yo-Yo
by K. A. Laity by Merrill Cole
Occupy Wall Street Feed Your Children Well
by Geer Austin by Susan V. Facknitz
Thirst Recall Election for Mayor Bloomberg (Villanelle)
by John Siddique 2011 John A. Todras
Believe me or not To Those Looking Down: Watch, Listen
by Vivekanand Jha by Linda Lerner
Cut-throat An Ode to the Dearly Departed People's Library,
by Vivekanand Jha November 15, 2011
Cruelty by Aaron Kravig
by Vivekanand Jha Occupying Wall Street
Dream House by Steven Curtis Lance
by Vivekanand Jha Revolution
Dispossessed Motherland by Steven Curtis Lance
by Vivekanand Jha Obey the Law, OWS!
Hands Heave to Harm and Hamper by Lewis
by Vivekanand Jha Wall Street
My poem falters and falls by Jeffrey Cyphers Wright
by Vivekanand Jha
The Plains of the Sky Burn Blue in Dream Alone 

Only your name is dog
by Richard Wyndbourne Kline
by Vivekanand Jha
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Now in Autumn Stillness, Beautiful This Hour 
 Tommy James
by Richard Wyndbourne Kline by Sparrow
Tell It All So May It Secretly Begin One Summer’s Day Quotation
by Richard Wyndbourne Kline by Sparrow
The Accretion of the Pearl Seltzer: The Wonder Drug
by Jonathan Moore by Sparrow
There is a River for Revolution… Love Letter November 15
by Margo Berdeshevsky by Frank Sherlock
Occupy My Love! Bottom Lines
by Laura Harrison by Michael Scott Marks
American Marxist Round and Whole
by Chris Butters by Octavia McBride-Ahebee
Sand in the Bread Ground Their Teeth Away If…
by Paul K. Tunis by Jake St. John
The 99% After the Little Big Horn
by Patricia Carragon by m sarki
Voices History of Work
by Patricia Carragon by Jenny Drai
Unquiescent What Fear?
by Matthew Hupert by Mahnaz Badihian
Modern Americana Alien Nation
by Peter V. Dugan by Charles Watts
The Ignited Shambles When You Beat Me
by Peter V. Dugan by Richard Vargas
Little Beggars The Subconscious Knock
by John Harrison by Kim Switzer
Dear Emily Trolls
by Verandah Porche by Kim Switzer
Live Stream: Crown Our Own The Veil
by Verandah Porche by Kim Switzer
What My Sign Says: Song of the Uninsured What Happens to Man?
by Verandah Porche by Kim Switzer
OWS My Friend V
by CS Thompson by Kim Switzer
A Poem of Condemnation Who Am I You Say?
by CS Thompson by Kim Switzer
Bring On The Tear Gas Abraham Lincoln
by CS Thompson by Dustin Luke Nelson
We Listened The Truth is a Lie
by CS Thompson by Austin Williams
Vigil Origin of Tribes
by Steve Shultz by Austin Williams
Sing To the 1%: Only Getting is Losing
by Hillary Brown by Prof. Howard Seeman
Invisible Hand Revolutionary
by Joseph Hutchison by Matthew Safarik
(they ask us why we) Occupy Bless This House
by britkneelynn by Maria C. McCarthy
Personal Ad for my Country Occupy Poetry
by Eve Lyons by Raimondo Angelo Accardi
To the Whipping Post Non Dio, non la Patria e nemmeno la Famiglia
by Denise Amodeo Miller by Salvatore Leopaldi
Elizabeth Taylor's Jewels Sea Poem for Occupy
by Vanessa Gabb by Sarah Malone
I was part of a demonstration in Woodstock, New Egypt In the Mississippi
York today, with the sign: by Russ Green
by Sparrow Zuccotti Zuccotti
Invisible by Russ Green
by Sparrow Revolutionary Eros of the Female Gaze: Preliminary
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