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    say, a river
    say, a river
    say, a river
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    say, a river

    By Pam Schindler

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    'Pam Schindler's say, a river proves the best poems don't have to shout. There is so much light in the brushstrokes of this painterly collection, in which Schindler washes private moments of grief and intimacy onto nature's liminal spaces. These are compact poems "spinning into [their] own weather"; they are "thin moon[s] cradling the d

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDebbie Lee
    Release dateMar 21, 2023
    ISBN9781761094972
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