1049: [I wandered lonely as a Cloud] or Daffodils
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Today\\u2019s poem is [I wandered lonely as a Cloud] or Daffodils by William Wordsworth.
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 is by a poet famous, in his time, for using what was called \\u201cplain language.\\u201d It still sounds a bit\\u2026 formal today, but the images ring timeless and true, personifying nature as full of joy in a way that pulls the speaker, and the reader, out of their own heads.\\u201d
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