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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.
Water
Pond
Death
Ponds
Petals
Life
Floats
Petal
Flash
Wot
Midst
Swirl
Rose
Swirls
Beauty
Flashes

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