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    Tales from the Limestone
    Tales from the Limestone
    Tales from the Limestone
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    Tales from the Limestone

    By Josh Oster

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    In your hands you hold my heart my soul spilled onto pages with memories of loss of pain of healing from the mountainside of West Virginia.


    "Steeped in music, color, and images of the natural world, Oster's poetry provides windows into moments -- glimpses of emotions, of life and love, of fear and grief, of heartbreak and trium

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEllerslie Books
    Release dateMay 16, 2023
    ISBN9781088109724
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