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Saeed Jones Reads Deborah Digges

The New Yorker: Poetry

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The Mystery of Grief

Deborah Diggs' poem, "Restless," is about grief and loss. The poet says she wanted to preserve mystery in her work. She also said the poem has its own emotional vocabulary that beautifully only functions within the poem.

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