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Poems from Afghanistan

Poems from Afghanistan

Colin Simms

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Shearsman Books
Año de edición:
2013
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Poesía
ISBN:
9781848612556
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This volume brings together the majority of Colin Simms’ poems that record his visits to Afghanistan, as a naturalist, during the 1980s. Approximately half of the poems previously appeared in two editions of a volume called In Afghanistan, from Writers Forum (1995 and 2001).

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