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CANNED, Booted, bumped, down-sized, fired, forced out, hated, hired, jobless, laid off, let go, out of work, out-sourced, pink-slipped, terminated, sacked, unemployed – a poetry collection By Anthony Buccino

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You never forget your first time ... fired

Whether it's with a woman or a man, someone you've known for a long, long time or someone you've just met, you'll never forget your first time you get fired. Your first time will be memorable in spite of the many times you'll find yourself trying to forget it. The aftermath of your first time laid-off will stay with, influencing all the decisions you make from that moment forward.

The first time you find yourself out of work, it hits you with surprise, no matter what warning signals you may have seen and put aside as not pertaining to you. After all these years in this same place, you find now it's over.

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Good things about being out of work

As the unemployment in the U.S. hovers at unbelievable, the 14 million people who have been canned, booted, bumped, down-sized, fired, forced out, hated, jobless, laid off, let go, out of work, out-sourced, pink-slipped, terminated, sacked, unemployed, have plenty to worry about. But as bad as it may seem, and as bad as it may actually be, here are a few good things about being out of work:


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CANNED in print and eReaders

CANNED

Booted, bumped, down-sized, fired, forced out, hated, hired, jobless, laid off, let go, out of work, out-sourced, pink-slipped, terminated, sacked, unemployed

Non-rhyming verse about being out of work, the strains that tag along and the sinking boat you feel you're riding in.

This collection deals with a difficult subject in a very real way. It's strength is its realness and that is also its greatest weakness. It's not for the faint of heart.

A must-have for anyone who deals in human resources, personnel, recruitment, job placement, or has been fired, laid-off and is out of work.

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"onto your poetry i LOVE it fixing the roof, hierarchy of the seagulls, tell the wife, the old guys hated me - i could really go on and on anthony. you captured a moment, a feeling and i have not read such raw and real poetry in some time. I know we separated by a few generations (I am 31) but you really capture what is missing from the alleged poets and those who are suspected of being poets that I have any contact with say they are all about. CANNED is a wonderful book that is relevant today tomorrow yesterday, yesteryear - as for me, i will be keeping the copy of CANNED ... in my bag (which I take everywhere with me) so I can re-read it and share with others. I don't usually praise many writers - in fact I think most are self indulgent sots who care nothing about the medium - but this is great work."

And another:

"Your poetry is the best journalism I’ve read in quite some time. I am about halfway through the book (I was reading it over breakfast on my screened porch this morning) and my favorite so far is “Forced Out,” with that spinning wheel – my situation almost exactly."

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CANNED poetry collection book launch Saturday

Anthony Buccino will sign copies of his latest book

CANNED - Booted, bumped, down-sized, fired, forced out, hated, hired, jobless, laid off, let go, out of work, out-sourced, pink-slipped, terminated, sacked, unemployed

at 

2 p.m., on Saturday, June 26, at

The Stuffed Cupcake-TM, 231 Franklin Avenue, Nutley, N.J.

Fans can pick up a few signed-books for summer reads and gifts and bring home some fabulous, world-famous, stuffed cupcakes.

Mark your calendars today!

A limited supply of Buccino's eleven books in print will be available ... on a first-come, first-sold basis. 

The Observer, an article

The Observer, Entertainment and Dining

Turning Unemployment Into An Art Form

by Karen Zautyk

May 19, 2010.

Pages 11 and 13

Theobserver.com