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    Forgive My Gypsy Heart
    Forgive My Gypsy Heart
    Forgive My Gypsy Heart
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    Forgive My Gypsy Heart

    By Courtney Hype and JJ Thompson

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    Tracing the emotions felt by a person growing up and leaving home, Forgive My Gypsy Heart is a collection of poetry that illustrates the struggle of facing a changing life while battling mental illness.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateOct 13, 2017
    ISBN9781543909340
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      Forgive My Gypsy Heart - Courtney Hype

      © 2017 Courtney Hype. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.

      ISBN (Print) 978-1-54390-933-3 (Ebook) 978-1-54390-934-0

      Contents

      Acknowledgments

      Foreword

      Hush Little Sister Part I

      Catch Flights, Not Feelings

      Au Revoir

      Run

      Forgive My Gypsy Heart

      Resilience

      The Final Showdown

      Little Birdy

      (Hell Is) A Long Way From Home

      Eloping

      Elk

      US 54

      Writer’s Diary #3

      Californication

      Tides

      Sometimes Change Changes Nothing

      Distance

      Lean On Me

      Despondency

      Pacification

      Ignorance

      Routine

      Occupied

      Mental Health

      Some Days

      Eurotrippin’

      Comforts

      Everyday

      Complacency

      Coping

      We Are Many

      Displaced

      Elk Part II

      USS Minneapolis

      Vigor

      Tides Part II

      Sandia Peak

      Choices

      Put Yourself First

      For Your Own Good

      The Runaway Writer

      We Don’t Talk About Things Like That

      The Scavenger

      Survival

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