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    Over the Bridge and Beyond: A Compilation of Poetry and Prose
    Over the Bridge and Beyond: A Compilation of Poetry and Prose
    Over the Bridge and Beyond: A Compilation of Poetry and Prose
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    Over the Bridge and Beyond: A Compilation of Poetry and Prose

    By Kamali A. Freedman

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    In this compilation of poetry and prose, the author is trying to make sense of herself and her life. Rereading poetry she had writt en in her youth prompted her to start writing again two decades later. Th e poems undid me, were the authors way back into closed off parts of herself and her creativity.


    The poems undid me,
    Stripped me bare
    So I could see who was really there.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse UK
    Release dateJun 13, 2012
    ISBN9781467879651
    Over the Bridge and Beyond: A Compilation of Poetry and Prose
    Author

    Kamali A. Freedman

    In this compilation of poetry and prose, the author is trying to make sense of herself and her life. Rereading poetry she had written in her youth prompted her to start writing again two decades later. ‘The poems undid me,’ were the author’s way back into closed off parts of herself and her creativity. The poems undid me, Stripped me bare So I could see who was really there.

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      Over the Bridge and Beyond - Kamali A. Freedman

      Introduction

      I am about half way across the bridge of the most difficult journey of my adult life to date. However, it is making me strong and at times it is very liberating. The image of this bridge came to me when I started writing again and has stayed with me.

      Most of these pieces were written in my twenties, I am now in my mid forties and I found some written as early as age seven. I also discovered when going through my old diaries that I had marked all the poems that I thought of as worthwhile, so I could find them easily. I believe I did this because I hoped, though I have no recollection of articulating it to myself, to publishing them some

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