The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily
Arts:Performing Arts
Today’s poem is Egrets, While War by Tishani Doshi.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s compelling poem honors the ancient and indomitable essence of human beings who continue on even in the face of tragedy, who crossover into the perfect fullness of their truth and emotions.”
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1086: It's This Way by Nâzim Hikmet
1085: Spring View by Du Fu, translated by Arthur Sze
1084: Mahmoud by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat, translated by Fady Joudah
1083: first person by Ed Roberson
1082: A Certain Light by Marie Howe
1081: The Leaving by Brigit Pegeen Kelly
1080: Dream Song 14 by John Berryman
1079: Cassandra by Sasha West
1078: Ferment by Monica Rico
1077: “Something About…” by Peter Kahn
1076: a story from the eighties by Debra Marquart
1075: Translation by Anne Spencer
1074: My Father and I Drive to St. Louis for His Mother's Funeral and the Wildflowers by Chaun Ballard
1073: Great Question by Lisa Olstein
1072: Under the Bed by Kirun Kapur
1071: Ode to the Idea of France by Dan Alter
1070: Thirteen by Anna V.Q. Ross
1069: An Exchange by Corey Marks
1068: Fish Pier, Santa Monica by Vernon Duke
1067: blues-elegy for cheryl by Evie Shockley
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