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    Warm Stanchions and Red Barns With Blue Roofs
    Warm Stanchions and Red Barns With Blue Roofs
    Warm Stanchions and Red Barns With Blue Roofs
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    Warm Stanchions and Red Barns With Blue Roofs

    By Candace Hennekens

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    A chapbook of poetry celebrating rural life. If you believe rural American life is a poem, enjoy this collection of twenty-three poems, many of which have been published elsewhere. The collection winds through the seasons and tells the story of "The Last Happy Woman in America," the closing poem in the collection. Poems are free verse. Cover is an original sketch by the author.
    Poems deal with everyday life on a farm and small town life, from dogs, gardening, wolves, bears, shotguns, trapping raccoons, blood drives, married life, storms and farmers who have gone before.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCandace Hennekens
    Release dateJul 17, 2011
    ISBN9780963014856
    Warm Stanchions and Red Barns With Blue Roofs
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    Candace Hennekens

    Candace Hennekens was born in Wisconsin, U.S.A. and always knew she wanted to be a writer. She earned her B.S. degree in Journalism from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A., and went on to a career in employee communications, public relations, training and development and human resources management. She has continued her writing throughout her life, working with the personal essay, poetry, and fiction genres. She has authored three self-help books for women. Healing Your Life: Recovery from Domestic Abuse has been sold in every state of the United States, and internationally. Twenty-one years later the book continues to help women who have been abused heal and lead happy, satisfying lives. Her second book dealing with career planning is available in print only. Her third self-help book, There's a Rainbow in my Glass of Lemonade, is available in print or as a bonus book to Healing Your Life. Ms. Hennekens' current writing focus is poetry. In addition to writing, Ms. Hennekens is an accomplished painter.

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      Warm Stanchions and Red Barns With Blue Roofs - Candace Hennekens

      Warm Stanchions & Red Barns with Blue Roofs

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      Candace A. Hennekens

      Published by ProWriting Services & Press, E14585 Lincoln Drive, Fall Creek, WI 54742 at Smashwords

      Copyright 2011 Candace A. Hennekens

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      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 recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      For Jerry, for making my life sweet as honey

      Acknowledgements

      Some of the poems in this collection have appeared in the following publications. A few have been changed slightly from their previously published form.

      Parade at 2 A.M, (originally published as I Hear a Parade at 2 A.M.), Autumn on the Farm, Meditation" (originally published as

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