The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily
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Today’s poem is Ode to The Lone Star State by Jubi Arriola-Headley.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… "On a flight to Kansas City just before the most recent Super Bowl, the pilot taunted Chiefs football fans. Just before takeoff, he donned his Dallas Cowboys baseball cap. In jest, he claimed, despite not having made it to the Superbowl, his team still carried the banner as “America’s Team.” Half the plane booed. He announced those who booed could remove their seat cushions and sit on iron the entire flight. The whole cabin laughed. Texas often takes it on the chin. I, too, once decried the second largest American state maybe because my Eagles often lost big games to the Cowboys. Yet, my appreciation for Texas has grown over the years.”
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1117: I Am Waiting by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
1116: Mercy by Dessa
1115: Frame Six by Cheswayo Mphanza
1114: The Mothers by Jill Bialosky
1113: Egrets, While War by Tishani Doshi
1112: Sl(e)ight by Alice White
1111: The Nation by Roy Fisher
1110: Blue Hour by Chanda Feldman
1109: Never Did Say So by Caridad Moro-Gronlier
1108: Life on Earth by Dorianne Laux
1107: Accessory to War by Kim Stafford
1106: Life In The Gush Of Boasts by Elijah Burrell
1105: Self-Portrait with Tumbling and Lasso by Eduardo C. Corral
1104: Black Book of Creation by Shanta Lee Gander
1103: Chaos Theory by Clint Smith
1102: How to Be a Good Savage by Mikeas Sánchez, translated by Wendy Call and Shook
1101: 1971 Pontiac LeMans by Thomas Bolt
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