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World Book Day March 2025 [Palestinians Excluded]

Oh, what a joy for me on World Book Day

to sit beside our five-year-old in school:

our little lass read Frozen to her Granddad,

as long and short words, sure and steady, flowed:

I read a little while to let her rest:

then, ended thirty minutes of delight,

when teacher summoned in another class. 

A forty-minute drive, then forty back;

all worth it! Granddad’s proud he’s don...

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PalestineRamadanworld book dayschoolHind RajabPalestiniansassisted dying

Can't Put It Down

Appealing cover

or not

fresh print

fingers lick

reading glasses

permanently glued

fighting sleep

saying Goodnight

only when

novel complete.

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