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TrishB Lovely post and graphic ❤️ 5y
TheSpineView Interesting poem. I can't recall reading this before.😍😍😍 5y
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#poetrymatters #forgiveness
‘This poem celebrates the birth of Joyce's grandson, Stephen James Joyce, in February 1932, and mourns the death of his father, John Stanislaus Joyce, the previous December. The plea for forgiveness at the end of the poem springs from Joyce's guilt over failing to return from the continent to Ireland when John Joyce lay dying.‘