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in Philadelphia, The United States

April 15

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Clarissa Simmens holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and various practitioner certificates in Herbal Studies (first learned from her Grandmother), Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Gi-Jo Acupressure. She is the author of twenty-one poetry books available through Amazon. Writing poetry led to translating words into song lyrics and learning to play the baritone ukulele. She makes her home on the edge of a small swamp in Florida where, after decades of living in a northern city, she can finally dream and sing to the calls of Sand Hill Cranes, the crackling of scampering animals, and the croaking of off-key (like her) bull frogs.
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	Drab Lil: A Gypsy's Medicine Book 4.45 avg rating — 11 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
	Madame Sosostris Explains it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014 — 4 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
	Maiden, Mother and Mage: A Day of Poetry it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Poetic Alchemy it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Gypsy's Book it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	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 Way of One Gypsy it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	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
	So Wanting to Wail: High Soprano Poetry it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	DIARY OF A MAD PANDEMIC POET it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	SECOND YEAR PANDEMIC POETRY: UNIVERSAL HEALING it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	DAEMONIA: A FOLKLORE FAMILY HISTORY it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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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FOR 4-15-26 CS AT THE EDGE OF 78

Want a special birthday present

Maybe my brass planisphere

For the Northern hemisphere

Could show magical constellations

(Painted in Enamel)

Touch one and I’m suddenly there

Square Corvus filled with cawing crows

Colorful glass and deep black feathers

Laid at my feet in neat rows

Touch Corona and I’m queen for the day

The crown tossed into the heavens

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The Blood Countess: Murder, Betrayal, and the Making of a Monster

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The Lost

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The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us

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Reading Karen Black’s Heritage Mountain is a wonderful way to begin the New Year. This is the third in a series featuring human characters that we trust, delightful Fae we wish we knew, remarkable Stargazers, and a magnificent new clan named the Goli ...more
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Clarissa Simmens made a comment on her review of Raising The Titanic: A powerful novel of resilience and hope, inspired by a true story (Light & Life Series Book 3) " Thank you for all you do, too! "
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Clarissa Simmens liked Shay Rosner's review of The Secret Garden: ""The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett tells the story of spoiled and lonely Mary Lennox, who discovers a hidden garden and forms a friendship with Colin Craven, a sickly boy who learns to embrace life. Although some of the book's language is" Read more of this review »
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“Close the TV and go into the night
Joyously dance under moonlight so bright!”
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“Seeing through illusion is true fortune
As we banish the waves of distortion.”
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“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

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“Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.”
― Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

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“But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them for ever.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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“Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!”
― Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

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“If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher. Overlong, detailed to the point of distraction-and ultimately, without a major resolution.”
― Jasper Fforde, Something Rotten

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