'safe in Mother’s arms / you came into a hushed room' Photo: Photo: QuinnDombrowski / flickr CC.
Poem for a newborn in Meeting
'Poem for a newborn in Meeting' by Jette Howard
Gabrielle Octavia
born on a Tuesday
Sunday you came to meeting
'safe in Mother’s arms / you came into a hushed room' Photo: Photo: QuinnDombrowski / flickr CC.
Gabrielle Octavia
born on a Tuesday
Sunday you came to meeting
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