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    Portraits
    Portraits
    Portraits
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    Portraits

    By Henry Johnson

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    Portraits is a short collection of seventeen poems portraying different personalities, characters and attitudes of modern day society and yesteryear written by a lover of the spoken word and of music.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHenry Johnson
    Release dateMay 5, 2021
    ISBN9781005735418
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