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    I Wrote This for You: Just the Words

    By Iain S. Thomas

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    I Wrote This For You: Just The Words presents twice the number of entries with over 400 works from the internationally acclaimed poetry and photography project; including several new and never before seen poems. While focusing on the words from the project, new photography launches each section which speaks to the reader's journey through the world: Love Found, Being In Love, Love Lost, Hope, Despair, Living and Dying.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAndrews McMeel Publishing
    Release dateOct 2, 2018
    ISBN9781449499808
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    I Wrote This for You: Just the Words
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    Iain S. Thomas

    Iain S. Thomas is a new media artist and author. As an author, his most famous work is I Wrote This For You, which he writes under the pseudonym pleasefindthis - a blog then book that’s been on poetry bestseller lists since its launch in 2011. His other books include I Am Incomplete Without You, 300 Things I Hope, Intentional Dissonance, How To Be Happy: Not A Self-Help Book and more. He regularly writes for The Huffington Post on poetry, creativity and life and currently lives in Cape Town, South Africa.

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