966: Love Poem, with Birds

The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily

American Public Media

Arts, Performing Arts

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Love Poem, with Birds by Barbara Kingsolver.

The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem gives voice to the intimidating feeling of competing with a partner’s personal passion. However begrudgingly we come around to their idiosyncratic awarenesses, such an intense engagement is exactly what attracts us in the end.”

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0:00.0	We hope you enjoy this episode of The Slowdown.
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0:10.0	This show is sponsored by BetterHelp.
0:13.0	Life can be overwhelming when my calendar is filled to the brim,
0:17.0	it's hard to concentrate on anything else.
0:20.0	My thoughts are constantly racing with a never-ending to-do list
0:23.0	until I remember what therapy taught me to slow down and be present.
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0:46.0	H-E-L-P.
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0:56.0	I'm Major Jackson and this is The Slowdown.
1:10.0	Lately, all of my free time has gone to digitizing CDs and cassettes.
1:15.0	Last month, I discovered several shoeboxes of mixtapes from my young adulthood.
1:21.0	The music I blasted in my first apartment, ill-matic,
1:25.0	or while in the subway going to work, remain in light,
1:30.0	songs that were gifted by a romantic partner, fade into you.
1:35.0	And DJ friends, Toa Tay's last century modern.
1:42.0	Who knows why I've carried these boxes across the continent several times over?
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