1046: After, We Try to Switch Our Hearts Back On
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Today\\u2019s poem is After, We Try to Switch Our Hearts Back On by Joy Sullivan.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. This week, we\\u2019re sharing listener stories from the Twin Cities Book Festival. In this episode, our producer, Myka Kielbon, writes\\u2026 \\u201cToday\\u2019s poem reads almost like a bullet journal, a rapid log of experiences in a day. Through that we hear the speaker take hold of small pleasures. And in the noise of what once was ordinary, it makes space for questions about how different so many of us still feel.\\u201d
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