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    Rocks and Roses
    Rocks and Roses
    Rocks and Roses
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    Rocks and Roses

    By A. Foster

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    Rocks and Roses is a collection of sweet, friendly poems that lift the heart with happy moments, and provide just a little help at times through the hard ones. I hope you find at least one favorite. Thank you for your kind readership and support. Please check out my other titles. May the Lord truly bless your day. Ann

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherA. Foster
    Release dateOct 22, 2023
    ISBN9798215032695
    Rocks and Roses
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    A. Foster

    Hello friends,Thank you for taking a moment to check out my site. I hope one of my stories catches your attention. Love to hear from you. Please like me, follow me and above all, tell someone else. I would be so grateful.I love to write, all kinds of stories. I am interested in real pirates from long ago, spaceships of tomorrow and all the time travel I can get. When I am not writing, I am thinking about new stories to tell and try out. Love to attend campfires and volunteer in classrooms often. A great place to entertain and experiment on themes.Hope to be invited to your campfire one day...Have fun and keep reading, dreaming, writing and hugging those you love most.

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      Book preview

      Rocks and Roses - A. Foster

      Rocks and Roses

      By

      A. Foster

      Aka Ann Foster, Annette Foster

      This book is a collection of poems,

      about good times, and sad times...

      A bit of this, and some of that.

      I hope you find at least one favorite.

      Prayers for your life...

      Blessings on you and your family.

      Ann

      This is a work of fiction.

      Names, characters, places, and incidents

      are the products of the author's imagination only.

      All rights reserved.

      Copy write A. Foster, Ann Foster, Annette Foster

      c/o BooksbyAFoster.com.

      "This is a work of fiction.

      Names, characters, places, and incidents

      are the products of the author's imagination

      or are used fictitiously.

      Any resemblance to actual events,

      locales, or persons, living, dead,

      mistaken for dead,

      or undead, is entirely coincidental."

      Thank you.

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