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This poem is from the book They Spoke of the River by Judith Bowles, WINNER OF THE WILLIAM MEREDITH AWARD FOR POETRY (Finishing Line Press), and can be found at https://finishinglinepress.com/product/they-spoke-of-the-river-by-judith-bowles/
Judith Bowles is the author of two earlier collections of poetry, The Gatherer (2014) and Unlocatable Source (2019). She has been a resident at Bloedel Reserve, Breadloaf, and the Kenyon Summer Writers Retreat, and she earned her MFA in Creative Writing from American University in 1986, studying under poet Myra Sklarew and novelist Kermit Moyer, later teaching creative writing in the department of English. From 1978 until 1985 Bowles was the poetry program director of the then Iona House, producing three anthologies featuring the work of participants. Her poetry has appeared in Gargoyle, Innisfree Journal of Poetry, Ekphrastic Review, Delmarva Review, and other journals.
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