about Jill Alexander Essbaum
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This is an incredible poem and although I have read several poems by Jill and have published her as well, I may never have noticed this piece if you had not read it. Your reading is also incredible.
Thanks, Didi – it’s a terrific piece, for sure!
It is a terrific piece and you honor it, Nic, with your haunting voice. You have a wonderful poetic sense to select these rarities, these treasures…
Thank-you, Clare!
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