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    80 Poems by Two Octogenarians
    80 Poems by Two Octogenarians
    80 Poems by Two Octogenarians
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    80 Poems by Two Octogenarians

    By Richard Leighton

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    The book is a book of 80 poems, half of the poems written by Dr. Leighton and half by Dr. Carlton. The poems cover topics of poetry, friends, pets and relatives, love, philosophy and teaching, health and libation, hunting and fishing, old age and death and trivia.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGatekeeper Press
    Release dateNov 11, 2020
    ISBN9781662903243
    80 Poems by Two Octogenarians

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