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    Poems While We Dream: Sonnets and Songs
    Poems While We Dream: Sonnets and Songs
    Poems While We Dream: Sonnets and Songs
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    Poems While We Dream: Sonnets and Songs

    By Roger Armbrust

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    Armbrust writes sonnets on a variety of themes, primarily addressed to his muse and his lovers. Since 1979, when his first book of poetry went to press, he continues to write, as if he opens a vein to pour his own blood onto the page to do it.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherParkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc
    Release dateOct 1, 2021
    ISBN9781624911842
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