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    Afterwards
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    Afterwards

    By Kevin Shlosberg

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    About this ebook

    The final installment of award-wining poet Kevin Shlosberg's coming-of-age poetry arc "To Say This is the Way One Man Went." This chapbook rounds out the journey w/ reflection, contemplation, and humor.

    This is not center-justified poetry, if you know what I mean. Heavy on Imagery. Light on rhyme.

    20+ poems covering topics including (but not limited to): family, headaches, cats, monks, puppetry, books, fruit, pigeons, rocks, french fries and death!

    Fun times guaranteed!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKevin Shlosberg
    Release dateOct 5, 2012
    ISBN9781301489886
    Afterwards
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    Kevin Shlosberg

    Kevin received his BA in English Studies from Rutgers in 1999. He currently resides in San Jose, California with his wife, J. When he's not working at Smashwords, he enjoys napping on the couch with their blind cat, Brie.Feel free to email him: bibliomaniaphobia@gmail.com.

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      Book preview

      Afterwards - Kevin Shlosberg

      Afterwards

      part four of

      To Say This is the Way One Man Went:

      Selected Poems 1999-2012

      Kevin Shlosberg

      copyright 1999-2012 Kevin Shlosberg

      all rights reserved

      These poems have previously appeared in the following journals (in some form or another):

      Sibling Rivalry, A Study in Empathy, and Thanksgiving Day: Red Wheelbarrow; Rasselas Found: The Found Poetry Review

      eBook ISBN: 978-1-301-48988-6

      Smashwords Edition

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      Contents

      a quick note

      A Working Day

      a study in empathy

      Dinner w/ Jampa Dorje

      Rasselas Found

      Thanksgiving

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