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A Poem A Day by Romilly Wilde

366 poems day-by-day for a leap year

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      “Ancestor’s Whisper” by W. Napanangka, Australia (1898-1971)

      August 22, 2026

      The sand was still but I heard her—

      the footfall of my mother’s mother.

      No wind moved, no tree did sway,

      but her breath shaped the dreaming way.

      From A Poem A Day: Australasia & the Pacific

      Posted in Australasia & the Pacific

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