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Roots

ROOTS I’ve still got coal dust in my vein And the smell of the Tyne on my skin I’ve tried hard to scrub it in vain Childhood’s the vessel I keep my mask in.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010




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Date: 10/15/2010 7:52:00 AM
Starting my weekend early reading all the amazing poetry of all the wonderful poets here at PoetrySoup. I am so happy to find your poetry posted here this morning Sydney. Have a wonderful weekend and I hope you find tons of inspiration along the way as Fall is upon us. Love, Carol
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Date: 10/14/2010 3:13:00 PM
Great write...Those mining jobs are very dangerous jobs if this is what this is about...Sara
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