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“Best of 2025” at Salvation South: Andy Fogle and Chuck Reece name their No. 1 poems of the year—Jacqueline Allen Trimble’s blues-soaked elegy and F. Dylan Waguespack’s searing hymn for a homeless father—alongside two deep walks through the Southern verse that moved us most.

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The Dream Children (2014) May 2026

The 2014 film is an Australian drama directed by Robert Chuter . It explores the emotional and legal complexities of same-sex adoption and the desire for fatherhood. 🎬 Film Overview Release Year: 2014 Director: Robert Chuter Writer: Angus Hall (Based on the play by Julia Britton) Genre: Drama / LGBTQ+ Runtime: Approx. 99 minutes 📖 Synopsis

Critiquing the barriers LGBTQ+ individuals faced (and still face) regarding surrogacy and adoption. The Dream Children (2014)

The psychological toll of an obsession with an idealized family life. 🎭 Main Cast Graeme Squires Nicholas Gunn Jessikah Brown Chris Pappa 🏆 Production & Reception The 2014 film is an Australian drama directed

They negotiate a private, underground "black market" deal to buy a baby from a troubled young woman. The Dream Children (2014)