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Tax-Dollar Super-Sonnet (2008–1953) by George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, Ly... read full description

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Tax-dollar Super Sonnet by Nicole Mauro

Star-stitched.*

Pages tiny “x’s” scattered. At first I think stars, then I think crosses…on churches, in cemeteries. Soldiers “x’ed” out.

Poems for/from X presidents (their words appear verbatim): Bush, Clinton, W. Bush, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, Johnson, Kennedy, Eisenhower.

With this poetry rebel Nicole Mauro has constructed a symbol. After years of hand on heart facing the red and white stripes hung in the corne More...
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Jun 14, 2009
Grady rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Chapbooks are not only becoming a popular means for placing new
works before the public in a time when publishing houses are tightening the belt
that surrounds us all, but the format of Chapbooks is becoming an art form in
itself. Witness the current work of Nicole Mauro, TAX-DOLLAR SUPER-SONNET.
This bitingly clever collection of verse is described by the author as ‘a limited
edition chap written by me and nine of the most recent US Presidents, and
de More...
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simply fantastic!
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