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\nAcknowledgements  \nSome of the poems in this collection originally appeared in thefollowing publications:  \nThe Window Break,Boiled Eggs,An Oklahoma Weather Poemthat Makes No Mention of Tornadoes,The Find,and Assurancesappeared in All Roads Will Lead You Home;The Gardenappeared in Poetry Quarterly;In Loving Memory appeared inConcho River Review;Apples of Gold appeared in Red RiverReview;Fleeing the Oklahoma Panhandle in Summer appeared inSan Pedro River Review.  \nCopyright ◎2018 Paul BowersAll Rights Reserved.  \nCover Design:Tim Kehn  \nISBN:978-0-692-15133-4  \nFor Denise and Sydney  \nFor Claudette Bowers (1931-2012)'to make her smile’  \nand  \nE.C.Bowersthe song leader  \nontents  \n1.By-and-by  \nBy-and-By...3  \nFleeing the Oklahoma Panhandle in Summer...4  \nI Shalopy Moo...5  \nIn Loving Memory...7  \nThe Old Chefs Home Helper...8  \nHymn for a Dead Battery...9  \nA Prayer of Thanks Offered by Danny Gladwell  \nat the Turpentine Bar,Lahoma,Oklahoma...10  \nFeeding 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