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"Kinfolk and Community” – Theme for Week #2, April 8 thru April 14

DevotionReader Series: 30 Ways of Looking at Black Poetry

Sweet Sound – Mary Carter Smith

The sweetest sound I heard today
Was the laughter of my child at play.

Mary Carter Smith, Heart to Heart, C.H. Fairfax Co., 1980

 

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