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Elegy for a Marriage

By Gerard Beirne
What was lost remains unknown
Like little children turned to stone
Source: Poetry (May 2024)
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Elegy for a Marriage

By Gerard Beirne
About this Poet
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Gerard Beirne has published six books of poetry and fiction. His latest poetry collection is The Death Poems (Salt Publishing, 2023).

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