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About Edwin Romond

Edwin Romond's most recent poetry collections are Dream Teaching
and Alone with Love Songs. He lives in Wind Gap, PA with his wife, Mary, and their son, Liam. His website is www.EdwinRomond.com.

Patriotism – a poem by Edwin Romond

Edwin Romond

Arlington National Cemetery / credit: Patrick Kelley, U.S. Coast Guard. Public domain.

"The Pentagon has acknowledged that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld did not sign condolence letters to the families of soldiers killed in Iraq but instead used a signature machine." --The … [Read more...]

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Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

Each week EM features several poems each by one or two poets; reviews; critical essays; visual art; and personal essays.

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