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The rose petal floats on water. The kingfisher flashes above the pond. Life and beauty swirl in the midst of death.

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Robert Jordan
Age: 58 †
Born: 1948
Born: October 17
Died: 2007
Died: September 16
Author
Military Officer
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Charleston
South Carolina
James Oliver Rigney
Jr.
Rose
Swirls
Beauty
Flashes
Water
Pond
Death
Ponds
Life
Petals
Floats
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Flash
Wot
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