Poets/Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith

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The day is winter bright. I blink against it. …

Maggie Smith

I’m your guide here. In the evening-dark …

Maggie Smith

Life is short, though I keep this from my children. …

Maggie Smith

All we ever talk of is light— …

Maggie Smith

Because a lie is not a lie if the teller …

Maggie Smith

It’s complicated, my relationship status …

Maggie Smith

You want a door you can be …

Maggie Smith

I carried my fear of the world …

Maggie Smith

my daughter says. Unless the car could float. …

Maggie Smith

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