Kale Hensley, Author at Salvation South

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Two hands form a heart shape against sunlit foliage, symbolizing the tender connection between generations in West Virginia poetry, capturing the essence of childhood memories and family bonds in rural Appalachia through filtered sunshine and bokeh effects.

It Only Takes Ten Fingers To Hold the Sky

From gasoline-scented memories to the purple of maternal exhaustion, these poems capture the raw essence of Appalachian childhood and the profound wisdom of letting go.

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Pleasant memories of places past: that’s nostalgia. But what do you call the grief that comes when the modern world leaves nary a trace of the place that raised you?

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