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it was this big!

Alan Spence

it was this big!
the child tells her mother,
on the phone

Alan Spence

From The Thing that Mattered Most: Scottish poems for children edited by Julie Johnstone (SPL/B&W, 2006). Reprinted in  Morning Glory (Renaissance Press, 2010). Reproduced by permission of the poet

Reproduced by permission of the author.

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Alan Spenceb.1947

Alan Spence is a poet, playwright and novelist, and in all of these genres is influenced by his deep knowledge of Zen and contemplative meditation.
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