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“To Sugarcoat the Truth,” selected for The Poetry Society’s “Truth” competition, 2019

September 27, 2019Poetry, Poets, Writingpoetry, The Poetry Society, TruthJonathan Greenhause

https://poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/to-sugarcoat-the-truth

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