1045: Sonnet for Ochun
Today\u2019s poem is Sonnet for Och\xfan by Leslie Sainz.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes\u2026 \u201cIn today\u2019s poem, I hear a shared melancholy, a world-weariness where the edges of life fail to offer answers. Yet, I detect, too, in the presence of a deity, the transits and rituals of hope and renewal.\u201d
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