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    Freeverse Unmasked
    Freeverse Unmasked
    Freeverse Unmasked
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    Freeverse Unmasked

    By Terry James

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    Freeverse Unmasked is a collection of 29 poems and freeverse. if you like what you read please look for other works by Terry James on the smashwords website, including other freeverse work in 'Freeverse/Poetry In Motion'

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTerry James
    Release dateNov 29, 2013
    ISBN9781311167019
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      Freeverse Unmasked - Terry James

      FREE VERSE UNMASKED

      by

      TERRY JAMES

      Published by Terry James at Smashwords

      Copyright 2013 Terry James

      Discover other titles by Terry James at smashwords.com

      CONTENTS

      STANDING STILL

      OPEN HEART

      LITTLE BY LITTLE

      SOMETHING ELSE

      THE GIRLS I LEFT BEHIND

      TELL ME

      AND HIS MAMMA CRIED

      PINK LADY MOON

      ROAD TO INFINITY

      LIVING THE DREAM

      LET ME IN

      SHE THINKS – HE THINKS

      DOES ANYONE KNOW

      IF YOU LOVE ME

      WHERE ARE YOU?

      KNOWING

      SIMPLE

      YOU ALWAYS THOUGHT

      NAKED – NAKED

      HE'S BACK

      IMAGES OF YOU

      SHOULD I?

      OUTSIDER

      KING OF BEASTS

      YOU SAID

      DREAMERS

      MOONWOMAN

      SUNDAY MORNINGS

      THAT SMILE

      STANDING STILL

      I'm standing still in this place all alone.

      I'm losing face, I’ve lost my pace.

      My eyes see a blank tomorrow.

      That's all I see, a lonely cold void.

      I'm standing in this all alone.

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