If a Poem Could Live and Breathe is an indelible portrait of the authenticity of first love, the heartache of loss, and how overcoming the worst of life’s obstacles can push one to greatness never imagined. A fact-based romantic speculative novel about Teddy Roosevelt’s first love, by Mary Calvi, author of Dear George, Dear Mary. If a Poem Could Live and Breathe: A Novel of Teddy Roosevelts First Love is written by Mary Calvi and published by St. Native New Yorker, Harvard student Teddy Roosevelt, is on his own journey of discovery, and when they meet, unrelenting currents of love change the trajectory of his life forever. The book If a Poem Could Live and Breathe by Mary Calvi released on February 14, 2023. If a Poem Could Live and Breatheis an indelible portrait of the authenticity of first love, the heartache of loss, and how overcoming the worst of life’s obstacles can push one to greatness never imagined.

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If a poem could live and breathe