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    Glow Truth Serum Vol. 6
    Glow Truth Serum Vol. 6
    Glow Truth Serum Vol. 6
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    Glow Truth Serum Vol. 6

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    61 poets take on 'glow' ... the third in the Truth Serum Press colour series.
    "glow"
    (gloʊ)
    1. countable noun [usually singular]
    A glow is a dull, steady light, for example the light produced by a fire when there are no flames.
    The rising sun casts a golden glow over the fields.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTruth Serum Press
    Release dateOct 8, 2020
    ISBN9781922427137
    Glow Truth Serum Vol. 6

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      Book preview

      Glow Truth Serum Vol. 6 - Truth Serum Press

      Glow Truth Serum Vol. 6

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      Poems

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      a Truth Serum Press eBook

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      Copyright

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      First published as an eBook October 2020

      First published in paperback September 2020

      All poems copyright © individual authors

      All rights reserved by the authors and publisher. Except for brief excerpts used for review or scholarly purposes, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without express written consent of the publisher or the author/s.

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      Original front cover image copyright © Lisa Runnels

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      Also available in paperback  |  ISBN: 978-1-922427-12-0

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      Definitions

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      glow

      (gloʊ)

      1. countable noun [usually singular]

      A glow is a dull, steady light, for example the light produced by a fire when there are no flames.

      The rising sun casts a golden glow over the fields.

      4. verb

      If something glows, it produces a dull, steady light.

      The night lantern glowed softly in the darkness.

      from Collins Online English Dictionary

      https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/

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      We are the Dead. Short days ago

      We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

        Loved and were loved, and now we lie

            In Flanders fields.

      from In Flanders Fields

      by John McCrae

      Contents

      A Toast to the Tangerine    Cynthia Leslie-Bole

      Salt is the Taste of the Holidays    Dave Clark

      The Glow    Allan J. Wills

      Orange Glow Remngton Murphy

      Come and get it?    Mark Heathcote

      Opal Becomes a Woman    Tobi Alfier

      Milonga Night    Jan McCarthy

      Over Easy    Michael H. Brownstein

      Search for the Prime Meridian    John Moody

      Seaham Beach, late evening    Rachel Burns

      The Snowed-In People    Karla Linn Merrifield

      Cow, Trout, and Teepee    Frank Wayne Mottl

      Burning Love    Henry Bladon

      Someone else’s disaster Tarla Kramer

      Light Leaks In    Bethany Cody

      The Moon Wears Winter’s Veil    Mir-Yashar Seyedbagheri

      above ground    Carole Thorpe

      She (who brought oranges to the sea)    Doug Jacquier

      Marie Curie Discovers Radium    Valerie Hunter

      Paper Storm    Sara Abend-Sims

      Bottom of My Heart    Lois Perch Villemaire

      Orange Tungsten Glow    Emma Wilson

      Coral    Sarah Graham

      Intelligent Orange Woman Seeks Lovely Man    Karen Grove

      Laze    Lucy Tyrrell

      Her Candle    Carl ‘Papa’ Palmer

      Her Prized Zinnias    Ruth Sabath Rosenthal

      This Poem is Brought to You by the Letter O    Shawn Aveningo-Sanders

      Summer Evening Sunset    Linda Barrett

      The Glow Inside    Lauren Bronwyn Wagner

      The House Defence    Rob McKinnon

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