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    Conjunction
    Conjunction
    Conjunction
    Ebook27 pages8 minutes

    Conjunction

    By S. M. Rosen

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    S. M. Rosen's debut poetry and art collection, tracing the impact of unexpected love, weaving words and images together into a powerful story.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEllipsis Imprints
    Release dateDec 1, 2023
    ISBN9798215228432
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      Conjunction - S. M. Rosen

      Conjunction

      S. M. Rosen

      Conjunction

      Conjunction

      …

      Ellipsis Imprints

      2023

      …

      Ellipsis Imprints

      Durham, England

      …

      https://EllipsisImprints.com/

      Copyright S. M. Rosen

      All rights reserved. The use of any part of this publication reproduced, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or stored in any sort of retrieval system, without prior written consent, is an infringement of copyright law.

      The moral rights of the author have been asserted.

      Primroses first appeared in The Ustinovian (Summer 2022).

      Conjunction

      Print edition ISBN: 978-1-7397414-6-4

      Ebook edition ISBN: 979-8-2152284-3-2

      Cover design and internal illustrations by S. M. Rosen

      Author photo by A. Quarta

      First printing 2023

      Henry—

      Here are the words I could only write because you loved me.

      The moon is full tonight,

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