1059: Love and the Moon
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Today\\u2019s poem is Love and the Moon by Nan Cohen.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes\\u2026 \\u201cSometimes, every which way we turn, the world reminds us that we carry a wounded heart. Love is beautiful until it is not, and then we are handed a chainmail of armor along with our insecurities. When we stumble out of those woods, we bring along burrs and nettles, but also, too, faded reminiscences of favorite activities, gestures, habits, and memories that once bonded us to a person \\u2013 all the hurt joy. Today\\u2019s poem calls attention to how the past is resurrected, how the lingering presence of people we used to know \\u2014 can haunt the loveliest of things.\\u201d
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