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Poems and Ballads (1866)

Seasons of Love Around the Rising Sun by Tamiko Dooley Ben Ray and they aren’t afraid toSeasons of Love around the Rising Sun by Tamiko Dooley is a sweetly observed portrait of childhood and vulnerable moments shuffled into four six poem decks of spring, summer, autumn and winter. Dooley writes of pickled plums tucked under tatami straw floors, a kokeshi doll gifted by her uncle, her grandmother sealing envelopes with leftover rice and other details that lead down a path that winds through her most tender memories. A luscious, poignant