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    The Heart and The Hand
    The Heart and The Hand
    The Heart and The Hand
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    The Heart and The Hand

    By Dean Harkness

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    A small collection of poems on the subjects of love, loss, sex and death. Some humorous and some more sombre.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDean Harkness
    Release dateSep 21, 2011
    ISBN9781310944468
    The Heart and The Hand
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    Dean Harkness

    Book Cover Designer, artist, illustrator. I use many traditional methods and media from sculpture to paint as well as photography and computer graphics.

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