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Deborah Barchi

·Jan 23

A powerful image.

…stered me
amid the shifting shoals of this life.
Now, I’m the adult
when I’d always been the child.
I’m alone on a beach
battered
by unremitting swells.

Mother
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Christine Kelly

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Deborah Barchi has recently retired from her career as a librarian and now has time to read, explore nature, and write poetry and essays. 824drb@gmail.com

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