826: How

Published: March 3, 2023, 9 a.m.

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Today\\u2019s poem is How by Heid E. Erdrich. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes\\u2026 \\u201cIsn\\u2019t it a pleasure sometimes to simply live in the ineffable? I have noticed lately that running to retrieve my phone to source answers short-circuits one of my favorite feelings in life: the evocative experience of being awed, encountering something vast and grand. Today\\u2019s poem is full of the music of wonder and the miracle that makes itself visible to us in both the extraordinary and the ordinary.\\u201d Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp

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