Two Poems, Practicing Absence & At the Airport—Sholeh Wolpé
In her memoir in verse, a poet recounts a day in the life at the cemetery, and a day in the life at the airport.
In her memoir in verse, a poet recounts a day in the life at the cemetery, and a day in the life at the airport.
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