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    A Germ of Hope: Poems, 2001-2015
    A Germ of Hope: Poems, 2001-2015
    A Germ of Hope: Poems, 2001-2015
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    A Germ of Hope: Poems, 2001-2015

    By Edward McLaughlin

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    This collection of poems is about today, yesterday and tomorrow. They’re about an unrelenting sun, and a moon that shows up just in time each and every night to ease our stresses. They’re about shadows you never think too much about and past loves that still know how to make you remember a moment of happiness, even when you don’t want to.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEdward McLaughlin
    Release dateJun 23, 2015
    ISBN9781310422317
    A Germ of Hope: Poems, 2001-2015
    Author

    Edward McLaughlin

    Edward McLaughlin is a Philly native, working and writing in Los Angeles. He tries his best to see past things whose shadows interfere with his own and see beauty in everyday occurrences that often go unnoticed. He’s been writing poetry for 25 years.

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      A Germ of Hope - Edward McLaughlin

      A Germ of Hope

      Poems 2001 - 2015

      Edward McLaughlin

      A Germ of Hope

      Poems, 2001-2015

      by Edward McLaughlin

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2015 by Edward McLaughlin. All rights reserved.

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each reader. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      All photographs by Joseph Sharpe. ©2012 Joseph Sharpe. Reprinted with permission of the artist.

      This book is a work of fiction. Any similarities to real people, living or dead, is purely coincidental. All characters and events in this work are figments of the author’s imagination.

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      i don’t know how we get through the days

      let alone the years

      the last 5 years seem like a soft whisper

      of nonsense and isolation

      but sometimes i hear the screams

      those are the minutes, screaming for me

      to start, to complete, to grow

      i look in the mirror

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