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    The Meaning of Life and Other Poems
    The Meaning of Life and Other Poems
    The Meaning of Life and Other Poems
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    The Meaning of Life and Other Poems

    By Thomas Kleven

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    The book consists of forty-four mostly metered and rhymed poems, each of which is accompanied by an image related to the theme of the poem. The overall theme of the book is a question: What is the significance of life for a thinking being aware of having but a brief moment of a nearly incomprehensible span of time in this tiny spot of an almost unfathomably immense universe? What better way to contemplate the question than through the exercise of ones imagination.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateJul 12, 2018
    ISBN9781546243519
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