The Fallow Year

Episode 20 of the Writing the Day podcast, hosted by Kenneth Ronkowitz, titled "The Fallow Year" was published on August 24, 2021 and runs 1 minutes.

August 24, 2021 ·1m · Writing the Day

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You can read this poem at https://writingtheday.wordpress.com/2021/03/11/fallow-year/

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You can read this poem at https://writingtheday.wordpress.com/2021/03/11/fallow-year/

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