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    Sugar on Both Sides: Selected Haiku
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    Sugar on Both Sides: Selected Haiku

    By Charlie Close

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    About this ebook

    Charlie Close presents his first collection of haiku, including previously unpublished works as well as numerous poems that originally appeared in major American haiku journals.

    Charlie is a poet in the English-language haiku tradition, taking inspiration from the interplay between the seasons cycle and the human condition.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCharlie Close
    Release dateJan 17, 2014
    ISBN9781507023730
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