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Cassie Smith-Christmas
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Academic. Writer. Fiddler. Appalachian Shape Note Singer. Part Selkie.
Got this beauty in the mail today: REMBRANDT'S PROMISE by @barbleahy.bsky.social. Can't wait to dig in.
March 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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I always find something to read in the @literaryhub.bsky.social daily newsletter, but today I was surprised and delighted to come across this beautiful poem from Pádraig O'Tuama.

We grew up in the same village & went to the same school only nine years apart!

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“In the Name of the Bee,” a Poem by Pádraig O’ Tuama
“In the Name of the Bee” I asked the grasses if they believed but they said believe is a poor verb. I asked the sun but it had eclipsed. I asked the tree, and it said stand. I asked the fieldmouse,…
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January 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM