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    Before Waters Edge: A Poetry Collection
    Before Waters Edge: A Poetry Collection
    Before Waters Edge: A Poetry Collection
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    Before Waters Edge: A Poetry Collection

    By Jeffrey Ritter

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    This poetry collection portrays one mans journey through lifes exquisite angles and the endless refractions of the heart. Personal, emotional, sensuous--each poem portrays moments and dreams well worth portrayal upon the canvas of the page.

    Jeffrey Ritters words illuminate a chapter of life we have all livedthe yearning of the heart. For him, this chapter ended, in peace and fulfillment, at waters edge.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateSep 4, 2007
    ISBN9781465325488
    Before Waters Edge: A Poetry Collection
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    Jeffrey Ritter

    Jeffrey Ritter embraces international travel, roller coasters and the thrills of cycling. In his professional life, he advises world-class companies and governments on the uncertain complexities of how we build, and live in, a digital wired world. With his wife and joy, Jeffrey makes his home in the distinctive House of Whimsy, an ever-changing testimonial to the global adventures of those that cross its threshold, and the love for life that resides in each of us.

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      Before Waters Edge - Jeffrey Ritter

      BEFORE WATERS EDGE

      A Poetry Collection

      Jeffrey Ritter

      Copyright © 2007 by Jeffrey Ritter.

      Library of Congress Control Number:           2007903071

      ISBN:               Hardcover               978-1-4257-6549-1

                               Softcover                  978-1-4257-6547-7

                               eBook                       978-1-4653-2548-8

      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 permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Getty Images are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Getty Images.

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