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    Vault of Poems
    Vault of Poems
    Vault of Poems
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    Vault of Poems

    By Claude Mayers

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    In a world gone intellectually and morally berserk, Claude Mayers, with his startling and sometimes outrageous word-play, deconstructs and lampoons but above all perceives that which the rest of us miss, telling us, no, shouting at us: Look here! Isn't this sad/joyous/ridiculous/beautiful/oddball/fun? - often in the same poem... or stanza... or

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOcean Poetry LLC
    Release dateJan 19, 2023
    ISBN9798218153915
    Vault of Poems
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    Claude Mayers

    Claude Mayers is one of America's most prolific poets. He writes about everything from surfing (he's been a surfer for all of his adult life) to shaving to travelling to politics to science to more existential topics concerned with life, life style, happiness, transience, love, romance, success, failure, aspiration, hope, hate, racism, war, geography, and now Donald Trump and his confederates. He hopes in 'Trump Poems' to share serious insights with a lightened hand concerning our current President and his cast of characters.

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