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    Inchworms: Poems, Sketches, and Stories
    Inchworms: Poems, Sketches, and Stories
    Inchworms: Poems, Sketches, and Stories
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    Inchworms: Poems, Sketches, and Stories

    By Victoria Chames

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    "A surprising little flea-market of a book,INCHWORMS looks at life, sometimes through the eyes a child, and sometimes as an adult, but always with wonder at it all. Little treasures that glint like bits of broken glass on a gravel road that catch the sunlight and just for an instant become tiny diamonds as you pass. Overlooked small miracles when beauty shows up unexpectedly, like tiger-lilies in an alleyway, or inchworms in a chicken yard."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDarkhorse Press U.S.
    Release dateAug 15, 2020
    ISBN9780984173013
    Inchworms: Poems, Sketches, and Stories
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    Victoria Chames

    Victoria Chames is an artist, poet, and writer living in Northern California, currently working on the nonfiction narrative Victory Is My Name, a Memoir. (Victory is a trilogy and Book-One will be available September 1, 2020 in both e-book and paperback.)  Victoria’s poetry has been published by the Berkeley Poet’s Cooperative Quarterly Anthology and The Milvia Street Journal of Berkeley City College. A series of her poems and an interview by Sara Russell were published in Poetry Life and Times web-based literary magazine. Victoria’s poems from a collection titled “A Space Between Rains” have been published by Darkhorse Press and are available at all stores and internet booksellers in both e-book and paperback.  Victoria Chames is a longtime writer  but new to publishing since retiring from two active careers in Fire Service and Hospital Emergency Medical, she now devotes her full time and commitment to writing.  Her artwork can be seen at www.victoriachames.com. 

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