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Let's Slow Down and Read Some Poems to See the Year Out | Elizabeth Oldfield

12/17/2025 • 11 min

In this special end-of-year reflection episode of The Sacred, we're slowing down and seeing the season out with some of Elizabeth's favourite poems. Take a moment to sit with darkness and light, to reflect on the year, and to rest in words that have carried us through conversations about grief, migration, identity, hope and moral courage.Elizabeth reads some of … Play episode

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