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	Three Breaths 4.39 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ohayo Haiku 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	2016 Hessler Street Fair Poetry Anthology by John Burroughs (Goodreads Author) (Editor / Contributor), Christina M. Brooks (Goodreads Author), Steve Brightman (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cutting Letters: English Interpretations of the 20 Traditional Japanese Kireji by Jerome William Berglund, Nancy Brady (Goodreads Author) (contributor), Susan Burch 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Body Politic: Linked Forms an Anthology by Jerome William Berglund, Adele Evershed (contributor), Roberta Beach Jacobson (contributor) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Adventures of Aloysius by Nancy Brady (Goodreads Author), Ella N. Schwartz (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Miracle Creek

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The Uncoupling

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“I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.”
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