Before the Dance Is Over
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OH NO In the entire math class that day I was the only one who solved the problem correctly Exasperated and impatient the teacher said "All right, Grace, go to the board and show them how it's done." Feeling just a tiny bit smug I walk airily to the blackboard take the chalk in hand and join the rest of the class with the wrong answer
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About the Book
Poetry writing is not for sissies. Crystalizing thoughts, experiences, emotions into a few perfectly selected words is a task for the intrepid and the talented. This book does all of the above and, even more, does it with a warm sense of humor.
About the Author
Grace Hawes was born in Cumberland, Wisconsin, and lived for many years in California. Now, with her husband, Ernest ZumBrunnen, she divides her time between Portland, Oregon and Capitola, California. She works part-time at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. She is the author of the history book “The Marshall Plan for China” and her poetry has been published in the British poetry magazine FIRE and in REFLECTIONS which is published in Oregon. Her other books of poetry are “The Turtle Tattoo” and “Downstream”.