The poem is an excerpt from ‘The Lesson of the Water-Mill’ by Sarah Doudney, from ‘The Psalms of Life’, Sarah Doudney Selected Poems and Hymns, © Charles J. Doe, published by Curiosmith, 2017.

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Published in 2022 by Ultimo Press, an imprint of Hardie Grant Publishing

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An Afterlife for Rosemary Lamb

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