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The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily

791: Love Poem

The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily

American Public Media

Arts, Performing Arts

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Today’s poem is Love Poem by Jayme Ringleb.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Italy Mo and this is the slowdown.

0:18.6

Something both my husband and I have in common is this.

0:22.8

Before we fell in love with each other, we liked being single.

0:29.4

We are both good at being alone and by the time we went on our first date, we had

0:34.4

our single lives fairly carved out.

0:37.8

We were happy.

0:39.6

I played clumsy guitar all night in my second floor apartment after work and went to the

0:45.3

farmer's market on Sundays and had friends who were like family who I saw and spoke

0:50.9

to daily.

0:52.5

I was already whole.

0:54.6

I remember thinking that very thought once then, I am alone but I am whole and I am happy.

1:03.2

Often society doesn't appreciate someone who isn't partnered.

1:08.1

All the movies and all the books are about two people ending up together.

1:13.6

But wholeness is not about a partner and in fact, I think that's a dangerous and often

1:20.2

harmful way of thinking.

1:22.7

Love is self-love and if you can get there, even for a moment in a day, you don't need

1:30.4

anyone else.

1:32.8

Today's poem is an exploration of self-love.

1:37.2

I appreciate how this poem explores how we can re-language ourselves into a new kind

1:44.8

of wholeness.

1:48.6

Love poem by Jamie Ringlab Imagine a day alone and call it love.

1:57.6

Let it mean all things are equal.

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