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    This Collection of Woeful Poems Was Found in a Notebook at the Bottom of My High School Locker
    This Collection of Woeful Poems Was Found in a Notebook at the Bottom of My High School Locker
    This Collection of Woeful Poems Was Found in a Notebook at the Bottom of My High School Locker
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    This Collection of Woeful Poems Was Found in a Notebook at the Bottom of My High School Locker

    By Kimberly Lighten

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    A collection of provocative poems that delves into religion, romance, depression, suicide, tragedy, loss, and more, all stunningly conceived from the mind of a teenager.

    EXCERPTS FROM THIS COLLECTION OF WOEFUL POEMS WAS FOUND IN A NOTEBOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF MY HIGH SCHOOL LOCKER

    Sex has killed the lost ones, and love It has killed everybody.
    --Dear Diary: Desperate Maybe

    Electrified by thoughts of being ignored, it kept my smile in its wrong place.
    --High School: The Best Years Of Your Life

    Until I was taken and shown the normal path, so I walked it abnormally.
    --The Pretend Life Again

    While the petals of the thirteenth rose dripped with blood
    --Angela's Dilemma

    My death scene being played like a vintage film
    --My Suicide

    Her naked, brown body trembled as her master unbuckled his pants.
    --Herstory
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateFeb 1, 2011
    ISBN9781468564709
    This Collection of Woeful Poems Was Found in a Notebook at the Bottom of My High School Locker
    Author

    Kimberly Lighten

    Upon research, it was discovered that the author disappeared around 1995. The whereabouts of the author remain unknown.

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      This Collection of Woeful Poems Was Found in a Notebook at the Bottom of My High School Locker - Kimberly Lighten

      AuthorHouse™

      1663 Liberty Drive

      Bloomington, IN 47403

      www.authorhouse.com

      Phone: 1-800-839-8640

      © 2011 Kimberly Lighten. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      First published by AuthorHouse 09/24/2011

      ISBN: 978-1-4567-4162-4 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4685-6470-9 (eBook)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2011903740

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models,

      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Contents

      FOREWORD

      LIFE AND DEATH

      LIFE INTO DEATH

      DEATH: PART ONE

      DEATH: PART TWO

      LIFE: PART ONE

      LIFE: PART TWO

      LIFE: PART THREE

      ISSUES

      HERSTORY

      RELIGION IS ETERNITY

      TRUE ANIMALS

      SIGHTED RACISM

      UNACKNOWLEDGED RAPE

      BREATHING DANGEROUSLY

      DANGERS THAT THREATEN

      OUR NATION

      WATCHING

      CHOICES

      A MYSTICAL PRAYER

      PEOPLE

      SHE WEPT BITTERLY

      THE MAN WHO STANDS

      ON THE CORNER EVERY DAY

      FEMME FATALE ATTRACTION

      THE MYSTERIOUS WOMAN

      STUPIDITY

      MOTHER, MOTHER

      A SECRET HELD

      NOT TO DEVASTATE

      THE IRONY

      EARTHQUAKE

      IMPLICATED OF A

      MINOR OFFENSE

      SELF

      LIVING WITHOUT LOVE

      MY EYES HAVE SEEN TOO MUCH

      ONE OF THE PRETENDERS

      NOT WANTED AND NOT SEEN

      THE PRETEND LIFE AGAIN

      DEAR DIARY:

      DESPERATE, MAYBE …

      INEXCUSABLE ENCOUNTERS

      AWAKENED TO HAPPENINGS

      THE BEAUTY OF DEATH AND

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