tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66688013506441623122024-03-05T03:20:10.284-05:00CANNED, Booted, bumped, down-sized, fired ...A must-have for anyone in HR, personnel, recruitment, job placement, or has been fired, laid-off and is out of work.ARBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805788488287071226noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668801350644162312.post-74832173939730523872019-01-17T10:34:00.000-05:002019-01-17T22:55:18.762-05:00Canned in a plain brown wrapper
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
The hard-hitting truth 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 ARBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805788488287071226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668801350644162312.post-47355117918583342052015-08-10T02:00:00.000-04:002015-08-10T02:00:03.636-04:00Hands In Socks - a Live Poetry Reading
EDITOR'S CHOICE - 2008
Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards,
Paterson, N.J.
Anthony Buccino reads HANDS IN SOCKS from his future collection CANNED.
HANDS IN SOCKS
He sat on the old couch
his head on the home-made cover of the old pillow
Snoring, mouth open, under the bright Afghan blanket
Aunt Julia knitted,
his forearms poking out in the air and his hands ARBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805788488287071226noreply@blogger.comPaterson, NJ, USA40.9167654 -74.17181099999999140.8685089 -74.25283499999999 40.9650219 -74.090786999999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668801350644162312.post-17014759584630265712015-07-02T20:48:00.000-04:002015-07-02T21:01:29.272-04:00Ten Minutes After You're Gone
Honorable Mention – 2009 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards
TEN MINUTES by Anthony Buccino
Ten minutes after you're gone
scavengers raid your old desk.
Who takes the stapler
Who takes the tape
Who splits with the Post-its
and who grabs the letter opener?
Who take the box of staples
in the drawer with the binder clips?
Who fights over your old pens,
even the ones that don't ARBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805788488287071226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668801350644162312.post-45321315721290819772011-08-08T23:45:00.000-04:002011-08-10T23:50:23.946-04:00You 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 ARBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805788488287071226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668801350644162312.post-24360720101447304072011-08-04T23:46:00.000-04:002011-08-10T23:48:31.668-04:00Good things about being out of workAs 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:
ARBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805788488287071226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668801350644162312.post-65721648358356792932011-07-07T14:50:00.000-04:002015-07-02T20:40:24.152-04:00CANNED 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 ARBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805788488287071226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668801350644162312.post-27780443270866229392010-07-28T09:48:00.001-04:002010-07-28T10:01:18.256-04:00Unsolicited comment"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 ARBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805788488287071226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668801350644162312.post-4605655855861431232010-06-24T14:03:00.001-04:002015-07-02T20:41:53.033-04:00CANNED 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-booksARBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805788488287071226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668801350644162312.post-48432152709091474122010-05-19T08:05:00.002-04:002010-05-19T19:17:58.568-04:00The Observer, an articleThe Observer, Entertainment and Dining
Turning Unemployment Into An Art Form
by Karen Zautyk
May 19, 2010.
Pages 11 and 13
Theobserver.comARBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805788488287071226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668801350644162312.post-36549219144349941262010-05-14T06:42:00.001-04:002015-07-02T20:36:47.264-04:00I need a freakin jobThe movement has started and the young people are telling the world: I need a freakin job.
The world better start listening.
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ARBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805788488287071226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668801350644162312.post-10626106668337978962010-05-02T00:16:00.001-04:002015-07-02T20:43:18.534-04:00Now in print - order your copies now
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 ARBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805788488287071226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668801350644162312.post-11000349820528683232010-03-28T23:00:00.005-04:002010-03-28T23:00:01.724-04:00Rough Cover for CANNED... US Jobless Claims Fall Slightly, Inflation Stays Flat … 15 million people unemployed – 40% of them out of work for more than six months … Canada Jobless Rate Drops To 8.2%, 10-Month Low … Waiting For Return To Normal On Jobless Claims … U.S. News Jobless Claims Fall; Productivity Rises---Employers Squeezing More Output From Existing Workers, as Labor Market Lags Rest of Economy … French ARBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805788488287071226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668801350644162312.post-23207752469802374142010-02-24T23:36:00.004-05:002010-02-24T23:45:13.539-05:00TOC - RevisedCANNED Booted, bumped, down-sized, fired, forced out, hated, hired, laid off, let go, out of work, out-sourced, pink-slipped, terminated, sacked, unemployedNon-rhyming verse - by Anthony BuccinoSIDE BY SIDETELL THE WIFESADSACKFIRST TIMEFIREDFORCED OUTYOUR ALLGOOD THINGS ABOUT BEING OUT OF WORKTEN MINUTESTHERE’S THAT PICTURETHAT STUPID JOBA SUCKER AND A BUCKSTATISTICA WHOLE NEW WORLDWANT ADSYOU ARBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805788488287071226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668801350644162312.post-53635439350955215932010-02-09T23:07:00.002-05:002010-02-09T23:20:17.079-05:00CANNED - Table of contentsCANNED – Working-class verse about being out of work, bumped, booted, laid-off, let-go, sacked, fired and down-sized.SIDE BY SIDETELL THE WIFE **SADSACKFIRST TIMEGOOD THINGS ABOUT BEING OUT OF WORKTEN MINUTES **THERE’S THAT PICTURE **THAT STUPID JOBA SUCKER AND A BUCKSTATISTICA WHOLE NEW WORLDWANT ADSYOU GOOD AT SOMETHINGGREATEST WEAKNESSYOU MUST LIKE FOODTHE FIRING MONTHWHAT KIND OF WORK YOU OUTARBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805788488287071226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668801350644162312.post-50328753703343198452009-11-01T22:41:00.002-05:002015-07-02T20:40:51.416-04:00TEN MINUTES - Live reading 11/7, Paterson
Anthony Buccino will read his poem “Ten Minutes”
at 1 p.m., on Saturday, Nov. 7
at the Hamilton Club Building,
32 Church Street, Paterson, N.J.
He will join the winners of the 2009 ALLEN GINSBERG POETRY AWARDS, in which his poem was awarded Honorable Mention.
The Poetry Center was awarded a Citation of Excellence and is funded, in partly a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/ARBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805788488287071226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668801350644162312.post-59079327204145042952009-04-09T11:17:00.003-04:002009-06-22T20:05:25.121-04:00CannedWorking class verse about being out of work,bumped, booted, laid-off, let go,sacked, fired and down-sized.Written by Anthony BuccinoARBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805788488287071226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668801350644162312.post-89207696604181082232009-01-09T22:12:00.000-05:002010-01-09T22:14:57.487-05:00A brief bioANTHONY BUCCINO has published seven books including three poetry collections AMERICAN BOY: Pushing Sixty, Voices On The Bus and One Morning In Jersey City. His poem Ten Minutes was honorable mention in the 2009 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards. His poem Hands In Socks was named Editor's Choice in the 2008 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards. His poems appear in Celebrating William Carlos Williams and The ARBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00805788488287071226noreply@blogger.com