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Today\\u2019s poem is Wonder Wheel by Wo Chan. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual.

In this episode, Major writes\\u2026 \\u201cLate spring, I attended a brilliant performance of Pretend It\\u2019s a Boat Poetry Tour, featuring comedian/poet Derrick C. Brown and actress/poet Amber Tamblyn at Coop Gallery. They stood behind a makeshift boat fashioned from a card table turned on its side and invited everyone to imagine they were in it. We were no longer in a gallery but on the seas, being carried along by their stand-up comedic performance and poetry. The evening reminded me of readings of yore, the kind of ease and whimsy that happens between artists and longtime compatriots \\u2014 no stiff explications of theory smothering a poem, no solemn acts of confession, just a shared vulnerability and intimacy, an overflowing love between friends.\\u201d

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