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Raindrops & Roses is a bouquet of poems – poems of discernment and love; governance and patriotism; law and societal indoctrination; mental health and affirmations; loss and grief – flowers of hope planted by the flowing waters beneath the white of eyes.
The book is a full-length poetry anthology and comprises of two books in one.
Book 1: Cancer Sun, Gemini Moon.
Book 2: Unsent Letters.
This anthology of poems ticks all boxes, colours the parts that were void of light and is the ultimate prize of love.
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