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    My Night Version and Other Poems
    My Night Version and Other Poems
    My Night Version and Other Poems
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    My Night Version and Other Poems

    By Ebimoboere Boleigha

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    NIGHT VERSION
    AND OTHER POEMS
    IS AN INTERESTING COLLECTION OF SOME
    FORTY POEMS WHICH OFFER REMARKABLE
    INSIGHTS INTO THE NATURE OF LIFE
    AND LIVING. THE COLLECTION IS
    PARTICULARLY NOTEWORTHY OF
    THE ORIGINAL INSIGHTS IT
    OFFERS INTO SUBJECTS LIKE
    LOVE, TIME AND DEATH,
    AS WELL AS NATURAL
    PHENOMENA LIKE
    THE MOON, THE SKY
    AND NIGHT.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris UK
    Release dateOct 12, 2011
    ISBN9781465373144
    My Night Version and Other Poems
    Author

    Ebimoboere Boleigha

    EBIMOBOERE BOLEIGHA WAS BORN IN 1992 IN PORT HARCOURT, NIGERIA. THE FIRST OF FIVE CHILDREN TO BAYELSA PARENTS, ENIEKINIMI BOLEIGHA AND PATTISON BOLEIGHA. SHE STUDIED ENGLISH AT REDEEMER’S UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA.

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