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    Poems
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    Poems

    By Frank P Gay

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    Much of the book is exercises in various forms of poetry. The main purpose was having fun with a secondary focus on the challenge given by the many forms of classical poetry easy and enjoyable to memorize and recall. Euphony and rhythm make poetry pleasant for me to read, jagged edges are best left for rock climbing.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateMay 16, 2005
    ISBN9781453594773
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    Frank P Gay

    Frank P Gay was born in Denoya, Oklahoma in 1925 and spent his first six years there on the Osage Indian Reservation. This was followed considerable movement around the country before going into the Army in 1943. This resulted in visits to Europe, the Philippines, and Japan. Time at Indiana University and the University of California, Berkeley, led to a Ph. D. in Chemistry and a career in research at the DuPont company in Wilmington, Del. ending as a Research Fellow. Desultory poetry writing over the years increased with the death of my wife, Jane ten Broeck in 1998 and has continued to date.

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