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Joyce Sutphen reads "The First Child'

Posted at 12:57 PM on November 28, 2011 by Euan Kerr (0 Comments)
Filed under: Minnesota Poets


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Minnesota Poet Laureate Joyce Sutphen kindly read a number of her poems for the profile which ran on Morning Edition last week.

Here is one which is from her most recent collection "First Words" which neatly captures the sentiments many parents feel about eldest children.


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