George Pappas

This is the first provocative poetry collection from controversial author and novelist George Pappas. This book brings together many of his long form poetry dating back to the late 1990s that Pappas has shared on his poetry blog BACKYARD POETRY and in smaller pieces on Twitter as @gpwriter. In the following collection, you will not find poems that adhere to poetic convention either in subject matter or execution. Pappas explores controversial subjects of modern life in intriguing ways such as wondering if the Crucifixion would have been televised or reimagining ethnic cleansing and Guantanamo Bay as sardonic ads. Pappas’ challenging poetic works feature the same honest, unflinching style and prose as his novels MONOGAMY SUCKS, RELATIONSHIPS SUCK and DEAR HEF. Above all, it is collection seeking to strip away poetic pretensions. Or as Pappas writes in the first stanza of the title poem BACKYARD POETRY, “I despise the poetry of exclusion.”

BACKYARD POETRY

Lyrical Poetry or Poetic Lyrics? A new form of poetry? Controversial author and poet George Pappas explores this notion in his provocative second collection of poetry titled, THE HOLLYWOOD HOMELESS. The collection is a compilation of Pappas’ lyrics, revised into poetic verse, dating back to the late 1990s. Inspired by his love for popular music, specially rock and roll of all types, in these poems, you’ll discover stories about runaways in Hollywood (THE HOLLYWOOD HOMELESS, STEAL YOUR CHILDHOOD AWAY, TRADING DAYS FOR NIGHT), homeless people living under freeways, barely surviving (IS THERE LIFE AFTER YOUR DREAMS DIE?, A CASTAWAY IN AN OCEAN OF CONCRETE), a Latino couple trying build a future for their family out of society’s trash (THE RECYCLING LIFE), forgotten African Americans who came to California to work the fields in search of a better life (LOST IN CALIFORNIA), an Iraqi War veteran struggling to cope (JIMMY ROWE), a frustrated retail worker (WALMART BLUES), drug mules (FULL OF DOPE, FULL OF HOPE), immigrants risking death for better opportunities (DYING OF THIRST), a patient worried about losing healthcare (EIGHT YEARS TO MEDICARE), Katrina survivors (THE LEVEES BROKE, BEING POOR IS OUR ONLY CRIME), war’s aftermath (IN WALTER REED), a failing prison system and drug war (PRISON TIME, INCARCERATION NATION, DRUG WAR BLUES), Native Americans poisoned by radiation (MY RADIATION PRAYER), political grandstanding in the wake of 9/11 (THE 9/11 BLUES), indifferent politicians (DRIVE-BY POLITICIANS) and even singer Hank Williams traveling the dark lost highway (HANK DRANK). These 100 poems also explore the dark side of love, loneliness, Hollywood dreams, life in Southern California, economic inequity, death, and life’s mysteries and hard-fought victories.

The Hollywood Homeless: Lyrical Poetry or Poetic Lyrics for a Band to be Named Later, Vol. 1

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Author of 13 books including JAKE'S WAR, CAR DODGING, ROBOT TROUBLES, MONOGAMY SUCKS, RELATIONSHIPS SUCK, BACKYARD POETRY, THE HOLLYWOOD HOMELESS, BODY PARTS

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