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    Shirley Temple’S Small Bones
    Shirley Temple’S Small Bones
    Shirley Temple’S Small Bones
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    Shirley Temple’S Small Bones

    By Joan Cofrancesco

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    This book is a collection of short poems about cat, travel, love, art, and i-ching. The poems were inspired by Robert Bly, Jacques Prvert, Frank Ohara, Rainer Rilke and Li Po.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateApr 8, 2014
    ISBN9781493196883
    Shirley Temple’S Small Bones
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    Joan Cofrancesco

    The author has published twenty books of poetry. She loves to hike in the Adirondacks and live in upstate New York. She had published books in Amazon Quarterly, the Harvard Gay and Lesbian Review, Kalliope, Sinister Wisdom, the Healing Muse, 13th Moon, and other literary journals. She loves to hike, travel, visit museums, and read and write poetry.

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