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  The May that Putin was crowned for the first time, in the cathedral the Tzars had...

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  One of His Majesty’s Ministers breaks down in tears uncontrollably in a makeshift tent in the...

• PROMISED LAND
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  A small group of Jewish Israeli settlers has built sukkot – temporary tabernacles, as the Talmud...

• OTHER PEOPLE’S FLOWERS: GOING HOME – GERALD KELLY
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  When David asked me to recall my memories of travelling to Ireland when I was much...

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  by David Selzer
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  This is the first post in a new category, one which brings together poems with a...

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  by David Selzer
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  BETWEEN RIVERS is a quarterly series edited by Alan Horne. It is focused on the area...

• JUDITH AND HOLOFERNES
  by David Selzer
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  During that far time when there were many gods and the kings of Assyria considered the...

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