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The Parting

From the June/July 2018 Print Edition

This poem is dedicated to Hannah Overton, and to all women who have suffered forcible separation from their children. She held the baby for the final time.No time was long enough, no word could sayWhat must be said. The heedless moments passed:Too callously the hour crossed a line;The guards came . . . . Continue Reading »