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The German Riveter: Weiter Schreiben poems – I AM STILL ALIVE! by Mariam Meetra, translated into English by Margaret May from the German Translations by Sylvia Geist and the Author

Dec 31, 2019 • No comments

Oh you girls, weary of silence and the night,Can we, in this dark land, believeIn the false moon that hangs…

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