918: Vision from the Blue Plane-Window
Today\u2019s poem is Vision from the Blue Plane-Window by Ernesto Cardenal, translated by Jonathan Cohen.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes\u2026 \u201cOn a recent return flight to Nashville, I secured a window seat. I looked out as the jet sped up the runway, as the nose pointed skyward, and the earth receded. That\u2019s when the fantasy began. My whole life I have imagined a world without war.\u201d
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