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    Life According to Poetry
    Life According to Poetry
    Life According to Poetry
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    Life According to Poetry

    By Sarah Northwood

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    Poetry flows effortlessly from my thoughts to the journey of my soul. In reality, the world is seldom as simple and things are harder to bear in darkness. 
    As you, too, take this journey, remember those whom we choose to share our path will light our way. It leaves us ready to face the world afresh once again.
    I will never be the person I was, instead I will be something better.
    I will let the gift of today help me reach the heights of tomorrow,
    and the scars of my past will be the jewels glinting on the top of the mountain.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSarah Northwood
    Release dateSep 3, 2019
    ISBN9781386561187
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      Book preview

      Life According to Poetry - Sarah Northwood

      Life According

      to

      Poetry

      By

      Sarah Northwood

      Contents

      Golden Winds

      Echoes

      Familiar Paths

      Life Is...

      Six Feet Tall

      Jewels

      Between Here And There

      Black Holes

      Aiming High

      Lashing Words

      Current

      Black Scars

      Jealousy

      How I Find My Smile

      Free

      Under The Covers

      United

      Syllable

      Fire Away

      Inner Peace

      The River Lives

      The Wrong Side Of The Path

      Shadows

      We Will Win

      Shine In The Sun

      Long Way To Go

      Home

      You

      Lifeboat

      For The View

      Infinity

      Lyrical

      Heart-Breaking

      More

      Thief

      Winds Of Change

      Stiff Upper Lip

      Sarah’s Soundbites

      Other Titles By Sarah Northwood

      For all those who stand alone in a crowd, who feel things just that little bit too much and are still rocking at this thing called life, this one is for you.

      Life according to Poetry © 2018 by Sarah Northwood. All Rights Reserved.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the author. The only exception is by a reviewer, who may quote short excerpts in a review. 

      Cover designed by Sarah Northwood and Brian O’Gorman 

      ––––––––

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

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