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    Built up over Years, Expressed in Minutes: My Life Illustrated Through Poetry
    Built up over Years, Expressed in Minutes: My Life Illustrated Through Poetry
    Built up over Years, Expressed in Minutes: My Life Illustrated Through Poetry
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    Built up over Years, Expressed in Minutes: My Life Illustrated Through Poetry

    By David K. James

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    This book is a compilation of poems that I wrote during some of the most emotional times in my life. There is a description of what I was going through when I wrote the poem and hopefull utilizing the poems you will be able to relate to my situations. I wanted people to feel what I felt and be where I was at that time.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateMar 22, 2013
    ISBN9781481720892
    Built up over Years, Expressed in Minutes: My Life Illustrated Through Poetry
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    David K. James

    I am active duty Army and have been in for the last 10 years. I was born and raised in Indiana and since the military I have lived in Colorado, Hawaii, Florida, South Korea and currently in Virginia. I have been depoyed to Iraq twice. I have two sisters and one brother. I began writing poetry for extra credit in high school and it evolved into a way for me to express myself.

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