1084: Mahmoud by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat, translated by Fady Joudah
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Today\\u2019s poem is Mahmoud by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat, translated by Fady Joudah. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual.
In this episode, guest host Victoria Chang writes\\u2026 \\u201cAs an adult, one of the things I\\u2019ve always wondered about was the baby boy we lost to a miscarriage. He was almost three months old by the time he passed away. I still carry the hospital bracelet in my wallet, the one that says simply, \\u201cbaby boy.\\u201d Some days, I still wonder about him \\u2014 what he would have looked like as a teenager. He would have been sixteen years old this year. I imagine him having just received his driver\\u2019s license, the loud sound of the door opening, his backpack with all of the little tchotchkes and keychains hanging from them rattling and hitting the door. I can almost hear his voice as he enters the house. Almost.\\u201d
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