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Eileen R. Kinch

Eileen R. Kinch

Eileen R. Kinch holds degrees from Chatham College and Earlham School of Religion. Her poetry has been published in Calyx, Fledgling Rag, and other journals. She lives in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

PoetryMarch 1, 2016

Loving the River

By Eileen R. Kinch

It’s part of you, carves out your western border Sometimes mist settles so thick you barely see Peach Bottom’s power plant or the serene…

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