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    These are the Lies I Told You
    These are the Lies I Told You
    These are the Lies I Told You
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    These are the Lies I Told You

    By Kerry Hammerton

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    Kerry Hammerton is a poet, writer and alternative health practitioner. She is a graduate of The University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg) and The College of Integrated Chinese Medicine (Reading, UK). Her poetry has been published in South African literary journals such as Carapace, New Contrast and New Coin, online at Litnet and Incwadi. She has also been a contributor to The Empty Tin Readings (May 2010) and The Poetry Project. These are the lies I told you is her fi rst poetry collection. Kerry has fewer wrinkles than she should have at her age or so her friends tell her.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherModjaji Books
    Release dateJan 1, 2011
    ISBN9781920397791
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