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    Escaping
    Escaping
    Escaping
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    Escaping

    By Daniel McCosh

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    Escape into poetry and dreams to create your own masterpiece. Daniel McCosh presents a collection of 22 poems melding natural, mythological, digital and very human moments.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBooks on Demand
    Release dateFeb 18, 2020
    ISBN9783750479043
    Escaping
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    Daniel McCosh

    Daniel McCosh is a poet and translator based in Fürth, Germany, originally from the UK. He writes poetry from the soul in English and German and is passionate about conserving our natural heritage, finding joy in unexpected places and spreading the magic of poetry in its many forms.

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