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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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
1066: Casual Labor by Sandy Solomon
1065: First of March by Stacie Cassarino
1064: Dry Spell by Lisa Sewell
1063: Love Poem by Sophie Cabot Black
1062: A Response to the Misguided Student by Wesley Rothman
1061: Mirror, Mirror by Tom Healy
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