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    Light's Ascent
    Light's Ascent
    Light's Ascent
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    Light's Ascent

    By Andrew Moo

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    Andrew Moo's belief is that every experience in life is an educational one. In Light's Ascent, he has recorded what he has learned and experienced in Sixty "Stories" as well as poems which range from his life in Hong Kong, ages 12 to 14, to present-day Miami. He has learned that we are all human beings despite our differences of race, nationality,
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAtom Publications
    Release dateMar 26, 2015
    ISBN9781634527231
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      Light's Ascent - Andrew Moo

      LIGHT’S ASCENT

      Stories & Poems

      Andrew Moo

      ATOM PUBLICATIONS

      Miami, FL

      Light’s Ascent: Stories and Poems

      Copyright © 2015 by Andrew Moo

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the author, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review

      Address inquiries to the publisher:

      Atom Publications

      11955 S.W. 66th Avenue

      Miami, Florida 33156 USA

      ISBN for print: 978-1-63452-722-4

      ISBN for e-book: 978-163452-723-1

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2015902518

      Printed in the United States of America

      Cover by Melissa Phillips for Allwrite Communications, Inc.

      DEDICATION

      To My Wife & Other Friends

      Contents

      I
      STORIES
      II
      POEMS

      Sing Sadly

      Aurora Australis (Australian Dawn)

      Point 2 Satisfaction

      Shattering The Loveless Blue

      Dear Patience

      Near You

      Sweet Analogy

      Fall Measure

      Mystery

      Une Année: Problèmes D’amour

      New Day (Laughin')

      Meditation on Fire

      By Noon

      One Most Beautiful

      Rest Faithful

      My Heart

      Joie Eternelle: One Spirit And One Life

      A Friend Will Come

      Cannot

      Out a Riddim

      The Darkness Moves

      Leaf of Life

      Beauty on the Far Side

      Nine Meeting Nine

      The Candle: Heart Opening

      Daze of My Life

      Northern Lights (Learning)

      Milady

      The Near Beautiful

      Looking Better

      Night

      Ciara’s Heart

      Ether

      STORIES

      1

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