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    Snake In The Spine, Wolf In The Heart
    Snake In The Spine, Wolf In The Heart
    Snake In The Spine, Wolf In The Heart
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    Snake In The Spine, Wolf In The Heart

    By Barry Goldensohn

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    This is a book of political poems. It deals with distortions of consciousness and feeling in response to our past hundred years and more of war, horror, our history and nightmares, confusion and occasional visions of peace, inner and outer.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFomite
    Release dateMar 27, 2020
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