Searching For Azaleas

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ISBN10: 1662956045
ISBN13: 9781662956041
Publisher: Elmcroft Publications
Published: Sep 19 2025
Pages: 132
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.31 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Searching For Azaleas is a literary collection of story-poems, cinquains, and haiku. Multiple themes are examined, including nature, war, love, family, friendship, and reverie. It concludes with an essay on the history, critique, and method of cinquain poetry.

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