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    Tuning: Poems
    Tuning: Poems
    Tuning: Poems
    Ebook78 pages21 minutes

    Tuning: Poems

    By Kathryn Beam Troxler

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    This collectionof poetry explores universal themes such as life, death, aging, faith, relationships to culture, nature, animals, and individuals, the means by which we nurture and restore ourselves. The author delights in visual beauty, the music of language, the resonance of overarching themes.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateOct 16, 2016
    ISBN9781483581026
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