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    Little Mouse and other poems
    Little Mouse and other poems
    Little Mouse and other poems
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    Little Mouse and other poems

    By Nikkie Shefler

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    A collection of poems written in the past year about life, emotion, mental illness, and dreams. Trigger warning: depictions of and references to mental illness.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNikkie Shefler
    Release dateOct 19, 2017
    ISBN9781370252091
    Little Mouse and other poems
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    Nikkie Shefler

    Nikkie Love Shefler was born in January 1992, during a blizzard, in upstate NY. She has lived there ever since, writing, reading, and enveloping herself in as many stories as possible. She attended her local university where she studied Ecology and Evolution, pursuing her lifelong love for nature. She can usually be found either wondering in the woods with a camera in hand or sitting in a shady corner somewhere with her eyes locked on the pages of a book.

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      Little Mouse and other poems - Nikkie Shefler

      Little Mouse and other poems

      by Nikkie Shefler

      Copyright 2017 by Nikkie Shefler

      Cover art by Nikkie Shefler

      Smashwords Edition

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      To the reader:

      I would like to take the time to thank you for your interest in my work. The following e-book contains poems that I wrote in the year 2017. Several of them contain imagery, descriptions, or references to mental illness, so please keep your own well being in mind when choosing whether or not to purchase and read this e-book. These poems were written with the intention of self-expression and may not be suitable for all readers.

      Love,

      Nikkie Shefler

      Contents:

      To the reader

      Once upon a time

      Writer’s block

      A way with words

      Rain of the rapture

      Baby, do you know me?

      It is so hard to forgive

      Insecurity

      Lonesome

      Pretty girl

      Sitting

      Writing while it floods

      Soda fizz

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