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The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily

1199: Homo naledi by Sara Borjas

The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily

American Public Media

Arts, Performing Arts

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Today’s poem is Homo naledi by Sara Borjas.


The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “I see poems functioning in the way stones function, as protection, as foundation, even as weaponry. Today’s poem asserts those simple objects that manifest as testament of our durable existence in the face of opposing forces.”


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0:00.0

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0:05.9

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0:40.0

Green Light helps teens learn to earn, spend wisely, and invest.

0:46.8

Tune into financially inclined, wherever you find your podcast. I'm Major Jackson and this is the slowdown.

0:57.0

I'm Major Jackson and this is the slowdown.

1:04.0

I used to look skeptic

1:07.0

I used to look skeptically at my wife's ever-growing collection of heart-shaped stones.

1:19.6

They sit prominently on a little bookshelf in our living room.

1:24.0

Their imperfections made them, in my eyes,

1:28.2

simply a row of rocks.

1:31.2

But as I begin to accept my own deficiencies and limitations, they took on more significance.

1:39.0

Now, I find myself on hikes involuntarily noticing any two near symmetrical humps that

1:46.7

curved down to a single point.

1:50.0

I have even begun to add to our hearts.

1:53.6

I am astonished when I find one.

1:56.3

Its stoniness signifies resilience,

1:59.4

but also our bumps and bruises through life, our journey together.

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