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    Heart
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    Heart

    By Barbara Chung

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    Heart began in conversations amongst friends: loving, genuine exchanges of life experiences, whether good, bad, or somewhere in between. This collection of haikus is about feelings because we all have them, and because true friends can be trusted with our sorrows and-more importantly-our joys. The poems explore disparate elements rangin

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCanyon Wren Press LLC
    Release dateDec 7, 2021
    ISBN9781735448947
    Heart
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    Barbara Chung

    Barbara Chung is the author of the poetry collection Sunlight. Along with writing, she serves as a business strategy advisor and tends her garden, a certified wildlife habitat. She studied at Harvard University and University of California, Los Angeles. Barbara lives in Santa Monica, California.

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