876: Nowhere Else to Go

The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily

American Public Media

Arts, Performing Arts

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Today’s poem is Nowhere Else to Go by Linda Sue Park. This week’s episodes are for, and feature, young poets.

Climate change is an urgent issue for everyone — and our best reminder of this is the young people who are pushing for action. Today’s co-host, Durete, is one of those young people who has marched on the front lines. Her story, and today’s poem, point out a critical factor of this fight: that it is one we must take up hand in hand with our best friends.

We would love to hear your thoughts on these special episodes for young people. Please go to slowdownshow.org/survey to tell us what you think!

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0:00.0	I'm Major Jackson and this is the Slowdown.
0:11.3	This week, we're doing something special.
0:14.4	We're exploring poetry in all of its forms with kids who write, rhyme, and sing about
0:21.2	their lives.
0:23.3	Our co-host today is Dorete.
0:26.6	She's 13 years old and she loves to get bubble tea after school with her best friend, Tira.
0:32.9	That's smart.
0:33.9	How about mango yesterday?
0:35.9	Mother going mango or peach?
0:40.5	Hi.
0:41.5	Could I just get a peach bubble tea with extra bubbles?
0:47.8	I've never had bubble tea, but the way Dorete described it made it sound de-licious.
0:54.7	Cat is factory bubbles at the bottom of an ocean of sugar.
1:00.6	And her descriptive powers didn't stop there.
1:03.6	Here's how she described Tira's laugh.
1:06.3	Okay.
1:07.3	Alpaca, moose, cat, and pigeon.
1:14.6	I'm sorry.
1:15.6	I didn't know my laugh was a coup, I don't like it.
1:19.8	Yeah.
1:20.8	It's like a little moment.
1:21.8	It's a nice symphony of animals.
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