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    Poppy Tears
    Poppy Tears
    Poppy Tears
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    Poppy Tears

    By Manal Hamed

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    A compilation of poems mainly around birds and flowers. The poems were written before and after the revolts took place in Egypt and feelings of mixed sadness and loss.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse UK
    Release dateJan 13, 2016
    ISBN9781504997591
    Poppy Tears
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    Manal Hamed

    I am a freelance translator and poet. I also write some art critique for a Kweiti Magazine Fonoon. I am passionate about nature, and I like the changing seasons too.

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      Poppy Tears - Manal Hamed

      AuthorHouse™ UK

      1663 Liberty Drive

      Bloomington, IN 47403  USA

      www.authorhouse.co.uk

      Phone: 0800.197.4150

      © 2016 Manal Mahmoud Abdallah. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse  01/09/2016

      ISBN: 978-1-5049-9758-4 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-5049-9757-7 (hc)

      ISBN: 978-1-5049-9759-1 (e)

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      Contents

      Fleeting serendipity

      Poppy tears.

      Chrysalis..

      Why did the bird flew

      The Spiral

      Curfew!

      Your moon

      Nothing to do

      wrens singing

      smuggled sadness

      Poppy seeds

      To humming birds again

      Dew

      Orchids

      Uncanny

      Cobalt blue

      Anemone

      No Hammurabi’s Bagdad

      Troubled Nile wiping Euphrates

      Tender iris

      The color of sadness

      Blue butterfly

      A butterfly

      Marigold

      Figuring me out

      Intermittent clouds

      Birds

      Tinted smell

      Obsessed

      May be

      Bookshelf in a city where electricity is cut off

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