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Telling It Slant

martha mclaughlin

poems + then some

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  • martha mclaughlin

    recreational poet & death doula & way more words ••• poems in The Rumpus; Yellow Arrow Journal; Brave Voices Magazine ••• anthologized in Our Silent Voice ••• poems for Gospel of a Girl behind the paywall

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