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    Darkness Before Dawn: A Memoir In Verse
    Darkness Before Dawn: A Memoir In Verse
    Darkness Before Dawn: A Memoir In Verse
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    Darkness Before Dawn: A Memoir In Verse

    By R. S. Oswald

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    24 Christian and secular poems, including three haikus, an abecedarian poem, and three traditional rhyming poems, among others.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherR. S. Oswald
    Release dateJun 23, 2017
    ISBN9781370982400
    Darkness Before Dawn: A Memoir In Verse
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    R. S. Oswald

    I'm a teenage author. I started out with religious fiction, but now I'm focusing on more sci-fi/fantasy works.

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