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    Rumi in My Head
    Rumi in My Head
    Rumi in My Head
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    Rumi in My Head

    By Joan Cofrancesco

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    The book is a collection of short poems about love, cats, artists, nature, and sex.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateAug 25, 2016
    ISBN9781524626778
    Rumi in My Head
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    Joan Cofrancesco

    The author has published twenty books of poetry. She loves to hike in the Adirondacks and live in upstate New York. She had published books in Amazon Quarterly, the Harvard Gay and Lesbian Review, Kalliope, Sinister Wisdom, the Healing Muse, 13th Moon, and other literary journals. She loves to hike, travel, visit museums, and read and write poetry.

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