1203: This Living by Amber Tamblyn
Today\u2019s poem is This Living by Amber Tamblyn.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes\u2026 \u201cIn my mere five decades on earth, I\u2019ve faced many challenges \u2014 thwarted dreams, failed friendships, career disappointments \u2014 that often left me feeling alone, stranded in the dry badlands, searing heat bearing down. And yet, of course, I wasn\u2019t. A three-hour telephone conversation with a friend, an unexpected consoling note from a colleague, even a passing smile from that stranger who read signs of stress in my gait, all these could break down my self-involved isolation. Through a rich panoply of difficult moments, today\u2019s poem names and confronts life\u2019s consuming dramas.\u201d
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