December 17, 2011: Occupy Wall Street protesters demonstrated at Duarte Square in Lower Manhattan Saturday to mark three months of the movement, and several of them were taken into custody by police. --NY1
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| Occupy Wall Street Photo, December 17, 2011 |
November 20, 2011: Several hundred Occupy Wall Street protestors on Sunday evening were determined to continue a demonstration near Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Upper East Side home into Monday afternoon. --NY1
demonstrators rally outside mayor’s home
protests outside mayor’s home are nothing new
it was unclear if the mayor was at home
rally retaliation for an early morning raid on zuccotti park
protest outside mayor’s home are nothing new
some danced & a few played on wind instruments
rally retaliation for an early morning raid on zuccotti park
mayor booted these occupy wall street protestors
some danced & a few played on wind instruments
brass instruments & others banging on snare drums
mayor booted these occupy wall street protestors
he is the personification of what this protest is all about
brass instruments & others banging on snare drums
pots & pans a 24 hour drum circle outside building
he is the personification of what this protest is all about
bloomberg is the one calling all the shots
pots & pans a 24 hour drum circle outside building
police blocked off the sidewalks on bloomberg’s street
bloomberg is the one calling all the shots
corralling the demonstrators on fifth avenue
police blocked off the sidewalks on bloomberg’s street
kettling the demonstrators into a pen
corralling the demonstrators on fifth avenue
he is a self-funded plutocrat
kettling the demonstrators into a pen
it was unclear if the mayor was at home
he is a self-funded plutocrat
demonstrators rally outside mayor’s home
Kenny Fame, the poet also known as K*Fame, is a black writer born and raised in Paterson, New Jersey, the hometown of one of his favorite poets, Allen Ginsberg. Fame currently resides in Harlem and Brooklyn. He is an English Major attending CUNY Medgar Evers College in NYC. He is a recent graduate of Cave Canem’s 2011 Poetry Coversations with Bakar Wilson writing workshop and the winner of The Tenth Annual Black Writers Conference Poetry Writing Award. His work has appeared in Steel Toe Review #7. He has performed his work at CUNY Medgar Evers College, Daddy’s Basement, Abigails Café & Wine Bar, La Pregunta Arts Cafe, Nuyorican Café, Cave Canem, and Poetry Super Highway live on the radio.
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