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    Haiku For You
    Haiku For You
    Haiku For You
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    Haiku For You

    By Barry Plamondon

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    This is a fresh and vibrant offering of Haiku from Barry Plamondon. It is both esoteric and personal and brings humanity and nature into soulful harmony.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSilver Bow Publishing
    Release dateSep 25, 2018
    ISBN9781927616949
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      Haiku For You - Barry Plamondon

      Haiku For You

      By Barry Plamondon

      Publisher; Silver Bow Publishing

      Smashwords Edition 2018

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      Copyright © 2018 Silver Bow Publishing

      ISBN 9781927616-94-9 (ebook)

      ISBN 9781927616-93-2 (book)

      Haiku For You

      by Barry Plamondon

      "If you only read the books that everyone else is reading,

      you can only think what everyone else is thinking."

      ― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

      OTHER BOOKS BY BARRY PLAMONDON

      Crackers and Crumbs (Silver Bow Publishing 2015)

      Run Between the Raindrops (Silver Bow Publishing 2016)

      Man and Nature (Silver Bow Publishing 2017)

      Of Women and Men (Silver

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