Poet Steals Headlines

Poet Steals Headlines

Poet Steals Headlines

Tom Smith

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Año de edición:
2018
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Poesía
ISBN:
9781948864671
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Taking off from actual headlines from a variety of scandal sheets, tabloids, and even the New York Times, Tom Smith has created original poems with humor, irony, satire, whimsy, fantasy, and even some sensuality, featuring such characters (or creatures) as Steven Spielberg, Liberace, a talking fish in the Bronx, and an escaped ape in Boston.

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