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30 Poetry Books You Must Read: How-to’s, Collections and Anthologies
Here is an extensive list of my most highly recommended poetry books consisting of how-to’s on writing poetry, collections, and…
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![Here is the Night [a poem]](https://www.alinahappyhansenwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/pexels-photo-9877700-1800x1198.jpeg)
Here is the Night [a poem]
Here is the night. The moon hangs heavy but is hidden by a thick fog. Bridge lights flicker like glowing…
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![Endless Tragedies Coalescing [a poem]](https://www.alinahappyhansenwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/pexels-photo-1411392-1568x1042.jpeg)
Endless Tragedies Coalescing [a poem]
and they strike through my heart, like bullets, like shards of glass
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![Floating Latex Belly [a poem]](https://www.alinahappyhansenwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/pexels-photo-6357184-e1649880215719.jpeg)
Floating Latex Belly [a poem]
“Here, I float, latex belly, swollen with helium, kindest intentions and thoughts…”
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![Still Life: Vague Affirmations for the Introvert [a poem]](https://www.alinahappyhansenwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/pexels-photo-3862601-1568x1046.jpeg)
Still Life: Vague Affirmations for the Introvert [a poem]
maybe its ok, to slip into the dark bar and settle in the back among the discarded lip-smudged glasses, maybe…

![Warrior on the Beach [a poem]](https://www.alinahappyhansenwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/pexels-photo-977736-1568x882.jpeg)