The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily
Arts:Performing Arts
Today’s poem is The Mothers by Jill Bialosky.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem beautifully captures those complex emotions of watching our children emerge into themselves — and its threat to our identity.”
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1095: Nameless Places by Tony Petrosky
1094: 00000000 by Erin Marie Lynch
1093: When Your Month is Lonely… by Christine Kwon
1092: Eid Mubarak by Fady Joudah
1091: To Find Stars in Another Language by Elizabeth Bradfield
1090: My Life by Water by Lorine Niedecker
1089: The Loquat Trees & The Boy Next Door by Saúl Hernández
1088: Perhaps the World Ends Here by Joy Harjo
1087: After She Died by Mary Szybist
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
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