The Dark Sire Issue 7 (Spring 2021) | Page 68

The house breathes , unfettered in the fresh air , freed from captivity , lost loves , and abuse alike .
New growth grows green on low , silent mounds of ruin , amid moon light and star shine .
Joanie Elian writes content by day , and stories / poems by night . With an MA in English Literature , she graduated from the Shaindy Rudoff Creative Writing Graduate Program at Bar Ilan University in 2018 . Born in the UK , she now lives on the outskirts of Tel Aviv , close to her five children and seven grandchildren .
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