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    a Jar of Buttons

    By Leola Harlan Crosley

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    A collection of original poetry, "a Jar of Buttons" was written while I was an Adult Learner at Penn State University. It contains selections from the sublime to the ridiculous.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLeola Harlan Crosley
    Release dateMar 14, 2013
    ISBN9781301877911
    a Jar of Buttons
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    Leola Harlan Crosley

    I'm married, have three adult children, and three grandchildren. I have a Bachelors Degree in Letters, Arts, & Sciences from Penn State University, and a certificate in editing and proofreading from Rutgers University. My favorite hobby is playing Mountain Dulcimer in a local group, The Sandy Lick Mountain Dulcimer Players. I'm a person of faith, I love nature and the natural world. I'm a country girl, I love to fish and boat, but loved my visits to New York City. I've traveled the east coast of America, and the American West. Abroad I've been to Toronto, Canada; Guatemala, and Spain.

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      a Jar of Buttons - Leola Harlan Crosley

      a Jar of Buttons

      by Leola Harlan Crosley

      copyright 2013 LLCrosley

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      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product

      of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual person, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

      This anthology of poetry was written during my time

      as an Adult Learner at Penn State University.

      manipulate words

      give them substance and flavor

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      Table of Contents

      assumptions

      Villanelle of US in Hell

      Grains of Sand

      Wounded Apples

      Buttons

      Exhibitionist

      La Luna

      Rhythm

      Winter

      A Christmas Sonnet

      Great Aunt

      The Nightbook

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