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1247: A Garden and a Street by Teresa Cader

Today’s poem is A Garden and a Street by Teresa Cader.


Today’s poem is A Garden and a Street by Teresa Cader.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Poetry holds that place of both awakening and frustration, of perseverance against unimaginable violence and the flight away from the pains of our fragile world. Someday the bombs will stop falling. Someday the rhetoric of hatred will not have an audience. Isn’t this something that we all should work toward?  Until then, so says the speaker in today’s poem, we must find a way to restore ourselves to a place of harmonious connection with and belief in all life.” 
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1246: Big Purple Peonies by Margaret Ross

Today’s poem is Big Purple Peonies by Margaret Ross.


Today’s poem is Big Purple Peonies by Margaret Ross.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s deeply satisfying poem arrives from an exacting eye. The poet’s kinetic imagination and mental roaming feel gorgeously reportorial and cinematic, mapping self-reflection through their portrayal of vibrant landscapes.” 
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1245: Telescope by Louise Glück

Today’s poem is Telescope by Louise Glück. 


Today’s poem is Telescope by Louise Glück. 
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, guest host Myka Kielbon writes… “I live on a hill on the edge of a valley. I look out my window and watch cars creep by on the interstate that could take me a thousand miles to my birthplace if I so choose. This slice of Los Angeles – the one I look out over everyday – is odd to reconcile with the map that I see on my phone. So now, as I live in it, I try to find my own authentic knowledge of the earth I see and the earth I feel, some melding of technologies and body.” 
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1247: A Garden and a Street by Teresa Cader

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Get a poem handpicked by Major Jackson every weekday. The email includes an abridged version of Major’s introduction.

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This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Produced in partnership with the Poetry Foundation

Special Guest Hosted Episodes

Other APM Podcasts

Truth Be Told

Ripple

The Splendid Table