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    Rebel Heart
    Rebel Heart
    Rebel Heart
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    Rebel Heart

    By Deborah McGaffey

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    No life is ever ordinary and every life is purely subjective.
    A unique collection of poetry, REBEL HEART takes readers off of the beaten path, through emotions, events, and characters which have either inhabited or traveled through the authors life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBalboa Press
    Release dateOct 25, 2016
    ISBN9781504363914
    Rebel Heart
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    Deborah McGaffey

    Born in Los Angeles, California, Deborah received her B.A. in Philosophy from California State University, Fullerton, and her M.A. in Counseling Psychology from Pepperdine University. REBEL HEART is her first collection of poetry. After spending over twenty years in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, Deborah now resides back in Los Angeles.

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      Rebel Heart - Deborah McGaffey

      Copyright © 2016 Deborah McGaffey.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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      The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical, emotional, or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

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

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      ISBN: 978-1-5043-6390-7 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-5043-6391-4 (e)

      Balboa Press rev. date: 10/24/2016

      CONTENTS

      1. Catalyst

      2.   Crossroads

      3.   Avalon and the Mystic Moon

      4.   Seabirds

      5.   Carnival Mystery

      6.   Haiku Writer

      7.   Night Songs

      8.   Red Rebel Heart

      9.   Her Loss of Integrity

      10.   Rough-Hewn Dancer

      11.   Clarity

      12.   DNA

      13.   The Traveler

      14.   No Mark

      15.   Morning

      16.   A Guy

      17.   Albatross

      18.   Collective Raptures

      19.   Elephant

      20.   Life-Affirming Rebel

      21.   Galaxies and Alleys

      22.   Her Defiant Heart

      23.   Authenticity

      24.   Endings

      25.   The Dance

      26.   Her Story-Line

      27.   Bathed in Blue Light

      28.   Move On

      29.   I Could Not Say

      30.   Road Writer

      31.   The Digger

      32.   The Textured Life

      33.   Kites

      34.   In This Moment

      35.   Instant Replay

      36.   Roll of the Dice

      37.   The Estranged Poetess

      38.   Clean Get-Away

      39.   Golden Goddess

      40.   Moving Down the Line

      41.   Offbeat

      42.   Old Man

      43.   The Firebird

      44.   The Coat in the Frame

      45.   The Beauty of a Man

      46.   Another Extinct Attraction

      47.   A Veteran Artist

      48.   Her Dead Eyes

      49.   Honey-Eyed Goatherd

      50.   He Gets

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