VenetiaApr 9, 2024

Half-hour podcast interview with a UK poet I'm acquainted with, I thought it was interesting.
CW / TW: the discussion touches on grieving the loss of an infant, and the poem at the end speaks to those who - like her - have suffered that loss.

https://themindfulwriter.buzzsprout.com/1969866/14770449

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