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The winner of this week’s Poetry Party drawing is. . .

Amber Andreasen!   Amber, let me know your choice of self-study/on-demand classes for your prize (which you can also give as a gift).

Thank you to everyone who participated in this week’s Poetry Party celebrating summer.  Pour yourself a cup of tea (maybe iced!) and go linger for a while with the words offered there.

Abbey Poetry Parties will be on a break for July but will return again as a monthly feature in August.

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