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This book of short verse and haiku was inspired by nature. Many of the poems reference the river and were written after visits to the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. The book is dedicated to Columbia Bottoms Conservation Area in Spanish Lake, Missouri. Read, relax, enjoy!
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Shirley Robertson
Poet and blogger from St. Louis, Missouri Former editor of The End, a literary magazine and Morning Coffee, a newsletter
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