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    A Book of Poetry
    A Book of Poetry
    A Book of Poetry
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    A Book of Poetry

    By Lesley Offer

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    The poems are about things I truly care about, places and things that inspired me, and Id like to send my message to everyone who loves poetry.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse UK
    Release dateNov 14, 2016
    ISBN9781524666071
    A Book of Poetry
    Author

    Lesley Offer

    I was born in the East End of London, at the end of the second World war. I grew up there until I was 12 years old. My family moved down to Oxford, I went to Teacher Training College, and became a primary school teacher, which I have done on and off for 50 years. Poetry was one of the things I encouraged children to do, and this inspired me to put down my thoughts on paper.

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