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In reply to the discussion: I am a child of the troubles [View all]Soph0571
(9,685 posts)22. I cannot recommend his poetry enough
Digging
Between my finger and my thumb
The squat pen rests: snug as a gun.
Under my window, a clean rasping sound
When the spade sinks into gravelly ground:
My father, digging. I look down
Till his straining rump among the flowerbeds
Bends low, comes up twenty years away
Stooping in rhythm through potato drills
Where he was digging......
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If there is a border poll and the majority vote for unification then it will happen
Soph0571
Aug 2019
#8
I recently watched "Mother's Day," a heartbreaking (but ultimately very uplifting) movie
deurbano
Aug 2019
#18
I'll just put this here, cause I don't have much to add but wanted to say something ...
mr_lebowski
Aug 2019
#28