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Bench With Warped Slats

Bench With Warped Slats

Bench With Warped Slats

John Duncklee

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iUniverse
Año de edición:
2008
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Poesía
ISBN:
9781440108792
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Some say that all the high technology arrived after Sputnik, and we launched the age of computers, cell phones, GPS instruments and such. But, a poem’s creation is still the same; it comes from the heart, mind and soul of its poet. 3

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