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Snow Train Coming

Snow Train Coming

Snow Train Coming

David Tallach

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Lulu Press
Año de edición:
2016
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Poesía
ISBN:
9781326622695
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These haiku celebrate winter, a time of warm fires on short, bright days, challenged by darkness and the cold, which comes in various stages of cruelty. The day of the steam train in history was similarly short, but warmed the hearts of many while it lasted.

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