948: Willing in the Orisha
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Today\\u2019s poem is Willing in the Orisha by Camonghne Felix. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, guest host Shira Erlichman writes\\u2026 \\u201cDo we reach for ritual to melt paralysis? Do we reach for ritual when our personhood is fragmented, or lost to us? Today\\u2019s poem explores the daring act of ritual. I love its decision to move toward incantation, toward worship.\\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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