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	Say Goodbye When I’m Gone 4.48 avg rating — 89 ratings — 3 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
	Always the Dead 4.72 avg rating — 50 ratings — 5 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
	I'll Pray When I'm Dying 4.43 avg rating — 51 ratings — 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
	Love Like Bleeding Out with an Empty Gun in Your Hand: Stories & Poems 4.71 avg rating — 42 ratings — 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
	Poems for Ghosts in Empty Tenement Windows I Thought I Saw Once by Stephen J. Golds (Goodreads Author), Craig Douglas (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 22 ratings — 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
	Gone: A gripping collection of short crime stories 4.16 avg rating — 19 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
	Shadows Slow Dancing in Derelict Rooms (Stephen J. Golds' Outcast Series) by Stephen J. Golds (Goodreads Author), Cody Sexton (Illustrator), Paige Johnson (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — 3 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
	Half-Empty Doorways and Other Injuries (Stephen J. Golds' Outcast Series) by Stephen J. Golds (Goodreads Author), Paige Johnson (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations), Cody Sexton (Cover) 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — 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
	Say Goodbye When I’m Gone (The Dead, The Dying & The Gone: The classic indie noir series by Stephen J. Golds Book 1) 4.33 avg rating — 6 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
	Cut-Throat & Tongue-Tied Bullet Riddled & Gun Shy Poems 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 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

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Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St Agnes and Other Poems: Penguin Pocket Poets (Penguin Clothbound Poetry)

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BLOW: How a Small-Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellin Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All

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There are some absolute diamonds in this collection of poetry. Truly beautiful words. There are a few that missed the mark with me but the ones that hit the mark, wrecked it. 5/5 If you haven’t read this yet, you really need to ASAP
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If you’re here reading this you likely already know how important Owen was to poetry, but if you haven’t yet read this collection of poems as brutal as bombs, you really need to. Everyone needs to. 5/5 A MUST READ
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Wow!! Alfred Hayes does it again and this is now my favorite of his novels. A true study of civilian sacrifices during war and what the effects are for those scrabbling to survive in an occupied city. This book should be taught in high schools. 5/5 m ...more
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“The true suffering
of the poet is
knowing your death
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― Stephen J. Golds

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“The Beetle Man
Yesterday, upon the stair, I met a man who wasn't there. He wasn't there again today, oh how I wish he'd go away.”
― Stephen J. Golds

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