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Rudy francisco is a great poet to start with for people who think poetry is lofty and confusing like i do. For a limited time you can purchase a signed copy of helium. On september 30, 2016 september 30, 2016 by christinas words in poetry, spoken word. He has won several poetry slams and written four books of poetry.
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