Wayne Mason: A Lifetime Of Mondays
Beer & Loathing Press

Reviewed by:  Michael Grover

Wayne Mason is definitely a poet that I can relate to. Coming from a small nowhere Florida town much like myself. I recognize the hopelessness in his words, in fact the only hope is destruction. This short book of poems covers Wayne the aging poet staying in that same Florida town. It is written unpretentiously in a language that common people would understand. His poems speak of images that he has of the factory that he works in burning down with the bosses still inside and ash raining on their luxury cars parked outside. Mason is a working class poet who would rather hang out in a working class bar, with a jukebox so outdated it still has Monk on it, than hang out in a coffee shop with a bunch of trendy kids. I would highly recommend this to anyone who likes real poetry, cold and hard like concrete. My favorite poem of this collection would be Cries Of The World, where he calls on Kannon the goddess of compassion, but there is not a bad one in here. Available here: http://www.beerandloafingpress.blogspot.com/