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    And Other Summer Days
    And Other Summer Days
    And Other Summer Days
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    And Other Summer Days

    By Essence London

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    And Other Summer Days is a collection of poems that subtly tell a story of summer and of love. Most were written as a challenge I gave myself: Ask a different person every day for a random word, then write a poem.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateNov 23, 2011
    ISBN9781465387820
    And Other Summer Days
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    Essence London

    Essence London was born and raised in North Little Rock Arkansas. She is now studying Political Science and leading a literary magazine that she started at The University of Memphis. London is a dreamer and, as a result, she has many plans. Pursuing nonprofit work, travelling, refining her craft as a writer, and becoming a person her brother can look up to are a few of the things on the list.

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      And Other Summer Days - Essence London

      Copyright © 2011 by Essence London.

      Library of Congress Control Number:       2011919293

      ISBN:         Hardcover                               978-1-4653-8781-3

                         Softcover                                 978-1-4653-8780-6

                         Ebook                                      978-1-4653-8782-0

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      This book was printed in the United States of America.

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      CONTENTS

      A Couple Questions

      Passion

      Daddy’s Girl

      Sweet Memphis

      An Ode

      Rural Mississippi

      A Well-Dressed Man

      Your Flowers

      Ambition

      I Will Sit

      Hands, My Obsession

      The Bricklayer Blues

      To-Do List

      Chicago Is Promised Land

      Is Hell A Metaphor?

      Accent

      The Contempt

      Smooth Voices

      Eleven Minutes Past Lonely

      Don’t Let A Poet Stumble Upon A Fresh Crime Scene: She’ll Take Your Job

      Voyeurism

      Summer

      A Virgin’s Walk Of Shame

      Tips For The Washateria

      The Truth About Paranoia

      I Wish I Had Wings

      How To Entice

      1983: A Merman I Should

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