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    The Waiting Room
    The Waiting Room
    The Waiting Room
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    The Waiting Room

    By Dominique Rispoli

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    This is a book about longing. About waiting, the painful hours ticking by. About depression and anxiety so great they could crush you. It's set in a season of waiting, and the author's journey through that season. The ups, the downs, and everything she experiences along the way. The hope is that you'll be able to see yourself in these pages and find validation and belonging between the carefully thought-out words.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherResource Publications
    Release dateJul 22, 2021
    ISBN9781666707144
    The Waiting Room
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    Dominique Rispoli

    Dominique Rispoli is a twenty-four-year-old poet based in Newark, Delaware. When she is not writing, she enjoys reading, classic movies, and anything Disney.

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      The Waiting Room - Dominique Rispoli

      The Waiting Room

      Dominique Rispoli

      The Waiting Room

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      Dominique Rispoli. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical publications or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Write: Permissions, Wipf and Stock Publishers,

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      hardcover isbn: 978-1-6667-0713-7

      ebook isbn: 978-1-6667-0714-4

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      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Prologue

      The Waiting Room II

      Part 1: The Longing

      Winter Reverie

      Two Years, Four Days

      Autumn Blues

      Concrete Flowers

      Even As I Soar

      February Nights

      A Poet’s Problem

      Prey

      A Study Of A Memory

      Part 2: The Fantasy

      Lack Of Eloquence

      You

      Known

      In My Dreams

      Alexa, Play Almost Lover By A Fine Frenzy

      Ancient Of Days

      Candy Hearts

      Bodies Floating

      Anchors Away

      The Waiting Room

      Afternoon Delight

      The Opposite Gender

      Awkward Years Revisited

      Leftovers

      An Ode To The Bath

      Control

      Bleeding Heart

      Part 3: The Rebirth

      I Wrote This While You Were Ignoring Me

      Vessels

      Light Bulbs

      The Same Song

      Hollow

      The Office

      Onwards

      Rapunzel’s Melody

      Disordered Thinking

      Creature Of This House

      The Search

      I Am, I Am, I Am

      Ordinary Days

      An Ode To Florida

      Fire & Stars

      Epilogue

      Waiting Revisited

      To the one who wants me.

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