For September's Feast of the Nativity of Mary, Sally looks at some Marian poetry as well her own autobiographical book The Mary Pages. For Sally, poetry is the language of God and she is able to open up its beauty to us in an extraordinary way.

Sally Read is an award-winning British poet and writer based near Rome, Italy.

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