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'the black hand of Badia Elmi' by Nathan Shepherdson | States of Poetry Queensland - Series One

by Nathan Shepherdson •

States of Poetry Queensland - Series One

the black hand of Badia Elmi corrected and cropped

Nathan Shepherdson

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