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To Dover from Calais

by Karen McCarthy Woolf

To Dover from Calais - Karen McCarthy Woolf

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Tasting Note for Grief # 17

by Karen McCarthy Woolf

Tasting Note for Grief # 17 - Karen McCarthy Woolf

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Of Ownership

by Karen McCarthy Woolf

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Horse Chestnut 1 – A Coupling

by Karen McCarthy Woolf

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Emotions

by Karen McCarthy Woolf

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Nocturne

by Lachlan Mackinnon

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Canute

by Lachlan Mackinnon

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Lockdown: Thinking of Avigdor Arikha, 1929-2010

by Lachlan Mackinnon

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Lockdown: Sorting the Garage

by Lachlan Mackinnon

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Thank You

by Lachlan Mackinnon

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Lockdown: Granddaugter

by Lachlan Mackinnon

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A Pang

by Lachlan Mackinnon

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Small Hours

by Lachlan Mackinnon

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urination

by Andrew McMillan

urination - Andrew McMillan

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swan

by Andrew McMillan

swan - Andrew McMillan

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things said in the changing room

by Andrew McMillan

things said in the changing room - Andrew McMillan

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the men are weeping in the gym

by Andrew McMillan

the men are weeping in the gym - Andrew McMillan

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praise poem

by Andrew McMillan

praise poem - Andrew McMillan

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