Today\u2019s poem is "anyone can be beautiful: by Kay Gabriel. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, guest host Jason Schneiderman writes\u2026 \u201cToday\u2019s poem is from a sequence of sonnets celebrating Candy Darling. The poet starts her poems with a quote from Darling\u2019s diaries, engaging her intellect, but never forgetting the beautiful surface she presented to the world.\u201d Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp