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3 New Poems by Christine

  • Categories: Poetry

Christine has three poems in the newest edition of Impspired Magazine online! Click the link for “St Clare and the Cat,” “St Francis and the Wolf,” and “My Last Poem.” The first two are from her series of saint and animals poems.

 Click here to read the poems at Inspired Magazine.

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