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Deborah Sheppard

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Poems: Earliest Picture

Being a mother, being a daughter – is there a more primal relationship for a woman?

Earliest Picture

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They are in a forest clearing

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Home, 1945

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Squint against the sounds

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My Mother-in-Law at the Hebrew Home

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I shop for underwear,Continue reading “My Mother-in-Law at the Hebrew Home”

Nuclear Medicine

Our house was a depot Continue reading “Nuclear Medicine”

Daughter Song

She slows down just enoughContinue reading “Daughter Song”

Waiting

She sits on her bed,

tired old spider in her crazy web,

Continue reading “Waiting”

Attics

The attic is large Continue reading “Attics”

Old Woman with a Scarf

She wears a scarf that’s

jungle parrot-gaudy,Continue reading “Old Woman with a Scarf”

Skating

We inch along the driveway’s

slick edge.Continue reading “Skating”

Pre-Stroke Villanelle

I know my life is running down:

Each hour a solitude of pain,Continue reading “Pre-Stroke Villanelle”

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