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    Borrowed Riches
    Borrowed Riches
    Borrowed Riches
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    Borrowed Riches

    By Julie Thorndyke

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    'Borrowed Riches is an apt title for this fine collection of 100 short lyrics composed by an experienced and skilful poet. With her deft usage of the traditional Japanese tanka form, Julie Thorndyke presents to the reader a range of thoroughly modern, yet universal, emotions expressed in poetry. The centrality of family, human relations

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDebbie Lee
    Release dateNov 9, 2022
    ISBN9781761094156
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