Revolt like you mean it

Burn in effigy

If need be

Let them laugh

And accuse

Re-learn

Disorder

Is not fate

Plausibility

Is a factor

Revolt because

You can

Because it

Flows through

Your veins

There is no pain

Greater

Than the pain

Of oppression

Rise up

And shout

Demonstrate

Your clout

You do have Power

We do have Power

March! March on!

Revolt because we need it!

This poem is dedicated to the current Wall Street protests and the entire movement that is spreading across the country and around the globe. Occupy Wall Street! Occupy the World!

www.occupywallst.org

Just today I was thinking about what it would have been like for authors such as John Steinbeck, Leo Tolstoy or H.G. Wells to have been able to utilize the internet for their self-publishing needs.

For the longest time I never considered self-publishing any of my work because I wanted to go the traditional route. But then I realized that I am not a "traditional" kind of person and ran down the path of self-publishing e-books and never looked back. I have made sure to make the majority of my work available for FREE on my personal website. I'm not in the business of making obscene amounts of money from my writing and I don't believe any true writer is. I just want to share my work with as much people as I possibly can during my lifetime. I'd rather my work be honored and praised posthumously. Only then does the world take notice of quality literature. Well, most of the time. Until then... I shall keep my laptop, pens and notebooks close to me at all times.

On another note... I completed my third poetry e-book An Almost Notion yesterday. I have uploaded it to the FREE E-Books section. I forgot to mention it in yesterday's blog post because I was wrapped in the protests going on. Feel free to download it, read it, share it. :-)

LONG LIVE THE REVOLUTION! www.occupywallst.org

 LONG LIVE THE REVOLUTION! I've been following the live web feed of the current protests going on in NYC on wall street. The whole thing is very inspiring and uplifting! If you have no idea what I'm talking about then please visit this site www.occupywallst.org  and see it for yourself. The corporate greed and corruption has gone unchecked for far too long in this country and it is high time that they are exposed for the money mongers that they are! There are also more protests beginning to take form in other cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, Austin, Dallas, Houston. I myself hope to be able to attend the protests in Austin on October 6th. The major news networks are not covering these protests in depth yet. Mostly due to the fact that they are all owned by many agencies that are funded by the major banks and/or corporations. Eventually they will catch on because this is something that affects EVERYONE! We the people are the majority 99% of this country and we WILL be heard!