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    Happily
    Happily
    Happily
    Ebook59 pages12 minutes

    Happily

    By William Marshall

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    Ultimately, this small book is an invitation to happily ever after. The words of these short poems are meant to bring you a growing sense of grace and peace, along with some laughter and inspiration for a joyful future beyond any poet's description.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateAug 6, 2020
    ISBN9781098317263
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      Happily - William Marshall

      Happily

      © 2020 by William Marshall

      All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

      ISBN (Print): 978-1-09831-725-6

      ISBN (eBook): 978-1-09831-726-3

      To my family

      Poems are made by fools like me,

      But only God can make a tree.

      —Joyce Kilmer

      Table of Contents

      Measure

      Soon

      You Don’t Have To

      My Last Time

      Endless

      Over

      Always

      Jettison

      You

      Make Things Better

      A Gift

      About Me

      Really Like Dreams

      Dawn

      North

      A Way

      Time

      Thankfully

      Epic Story

      Only You

      The Way

      We Can

      Crowns

      Think About

      Picture

      Another Day

      What to Do

      Twilight Chorus

      UFO

      Your Comfort Zone

      Some Praise

      Waves

      Escaping

      Orchestrated

      May I

      Dominion

      I See

      Trouble

      Broken

      Justice

      Don’t You Know?

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