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    Half-Random Rhymes
    Half-Random Rhymes
    Half-Random Rhymes
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    Half-Random Rhymes

    By Steve Tiffany

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    Sixty-one odd little poems created in Icon Poet, the software equivalent of throwing darts at a dictionary.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSteve Tiffany
    Release dateOct 23, 2009
    ISBN9781458151001
    Half-Random Rhymes
    Author

    Steve Tiffany

    I've been using randomness to create art since the 1980s.

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      Half-Random Rhymes - Steve Tiffany

      Half-Random Rhymes

      Steve Tiffany

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      Copyright 2009 Steve Tiffany

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      Thank you for downloading this free ebook. You are welcome to share it with your friends. This book may be reproduced, copied and distributed for non-commercial purposes, provided the book remains in its complete original form. If you enjoyed this book, please return to Smashwords.com to discover other works by this author, like Cream of Ether. Thank you for your support.

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      These poems were created using the writing toy Icon Poet, which accounts for the half-random of the title. Writing with Icon Poet, one supplies structure

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