1201: Try to Praise the Mutilated World by Adam Zagajewski, translated by Clare Cavanagh
Today\u2019s poem is Try to Praise the Mutilated World by Adam Zagajewski, translated by Clare Cavanagh
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes\u2026 \u201cOne of the great paradoxes in life is the presence of human suffering on the planet amidst prosperity. No religion can explain this other than point to some large cosmic plan. Sometimes it\u2019s tough bearing witness and walking in a world where one feels debilitated, and silence around other people\u2019s suffering feels like gaslighting.\u201d
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