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    From the Pit
    From the Pit
    From the Pit
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    From the Pit

    By Bonnie Mutchler

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    A collection of easy to read poetry about life, love, betrayal and suffering. Includes several social/political poems.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBonnie Mutchler
    Release dateMay 14, 2010
    ISBN9781452345659
    From the Pit
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    Bonnie Mutchler

    Bonnie Mutchler was a native of south west Iowa. She lived in southern Missouri for a time before returning to her roots, where she spent the last years of her life with her children, and her pets; Momo, Blinky, and John Jones. A lover of art, she was both a painter and writer, as well as a prolific poet who wrote hundreds of poems from her childhood on, several of which have been published in various anthologies. Sadly, she passed February 15, 2021, leaving behind a legacy of creativity, including some previously unpublished poetry collections, and a legion of family and friends who miss her. May she live on in her works.

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      From the Pit - Bonnie Mutchler

      From the Pit

      By Bonnie Mutchler

      First Smashwords Edition, 2010

      Second Smashwords Edition 2021

      Copyright 2010 by Bonnie Mutchler

      Cover design copyright Joleene Naylor 2009. All rights reserved.

      Interior images via canstockphoto

      Cover Fonts by Larabie Fonts (http://www.larabiefonts.com/ )

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Bonnie Mutchler on Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/bonniemutchler

      A Love Story

      (My apologies, this isn’t really a poem, it’s just a damn good love story)

      I love you madly, yes, madly, Zigfreid! Do you hear? I don’t care if the whole world knows. I could shout it from the windows down to the street below. Hand to brow, she crossed the room

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