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Deborah Sheppard

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    • Deep Stream
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    • Earliest Picture
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Poems: Earliest Picture

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

I Want to Give You Something

I want to give you something that belonged to me,Continue reading “I Want to Give You Something”

Pain Built a House

Pain built a glass house

around my mother.Continue reading “Pain Built a House”

After

Throat is still,Continue reading “After”

I Dreamed a Daughter

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on the occasion of our daughter Diana’s becoming a Bat MitzvahContinue reading “I Dreamed a Daughter”

My Mother’s Unfinished Crossword Puzzles

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You knew Frida’s lover, Continue reading “My Mother’s Unfinished Crossword Puzzles”

Motherline, to Ruth

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Ella’s on the radio,Continue reading “Motherline, to Ruth”

Visit

Visit

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Clutched key dangles fromContinue reading “Visit”

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