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1275: Love Language by Angela Narciso Torres

Today’s poem is Love Language by Angela Narciso Torres. 


Today’s poem is Love Language by Angela Narciso Torres.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Why do we need to know how much we are loved? In a way, aren’t we asking how thick is the shield of affection that protects us from the world, maybe even from ourselves?”
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1274: Ennui by Luis G. Dato

Today’s poem is Ennui by Luis G. Dato.


Today’s poem is Ennui by Luis G. Dato.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem critiques the relentless, psychic demands of an inscrutable world, yet, too, encourages a side-ways road to tranquility, a way that we might secure a meaningful freedom.”
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1273: Sorrow Ghazal by Mary Elder Jacobsen

Today’s poem is Sorrow Ghazal by Mary Elder Jacobsen. 


Today’s poem is Sorrow Ghazal by Mary Elder Jacobsen.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem is a loving exchange that underscores the importance of giving room for what makes those we love different from us, even if we wish to change them.”
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This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Produced in partnership with the Poetry Foundation

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