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Poetry by Robert Sward July 1, 1991 • 6 x 9 • 144 pages • 978-0-918273-90-1 From street-gang punk, to navy recruit, to rent-a-Santa, a collection of poems celebrating the possibilities of the individual. Robert Sward has been writing poetry...

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