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    Shadow Song: Poems of Joy and Poems of Woe
    Shadow Song: Poems of Joy and Poems of Woe
    Shadow Song: Poems of Joy and Poems of Woe
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    Shadow Song: Poems of Joy and Poems of Woe

    By Kate Tompkins

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    Sometimes our life is like that of the sheep lying down in the green pastures of Psalm 23, filled with peace and joy; other times it feels more like trekking through the Valley of the Shadow of Death. And sometimes we're sitting by the roadside instead of continuing our journey. Here are poems for all of those occasions.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe Matthewsburg Manse
    Release dateOct 22, 2021
    ISBN9798201284138
    Shadow Song: Poems of Joy and Poems of Woe
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    Kate Tompkins

    Kate Tompkins finds her BA in anthropology comes in useful for story ideas, especially in the science fiction and fantasy genres. Sometimes the cat will let her off lap duties for long enough to actually write them.

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