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    Tethered: A collection of poetry
    Tethered: A collection of poetry
    Tethered: A collection of poetry
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    Tethered: A collection of poetry

    By Melissa Currence

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    With Tethered, Melissa Currence draws upon her experience of living in the city but pining for the country. The 25 poems in the collection explore the themes of life and death and growing up in a world where the values of urban and rural life clash. There is sadness here, but also beauty and hope. Tethered is a haunting collection of poetry.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMelissa Currence
    Release dateMar 10, 2013
    ISBN9781301649952
    Tethered: A collection of poetry
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    Melissa Currence

    Melissa Currence is a writer and public relations professional from Cincinnati, Ohio. She has been published in various publications, including Ohio State Alumni Magazine, Cincy Magazine and bustedhalo.com. Her work has placed in the following award competitions: Frontiers in Writing Contest, Poetry Society of Virginia, English Club of Xavier University and Inktank/Cincinnati CityBeat. As a teen, she attended the writing workshop of Ohio Governor’s Summer Institute for Gifted and Talented Students as a teen for two years, which helped mold her as a writer. She is active with the League of Women Voters and enjoys reading, journaling, genealogy research, history and politics. Currence received a bachelor’s of political science from Xavier University and a master’s of Journalism and Communication from The Ohio State University. Tethered is her first collection of poetry.

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