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1376: Laura, I Want You Pulling Your Hair Back by Natalie Dunn

Today’s poem is Laura, I Want You Pulling Your Hair Back by Natalie Dunn. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “A big part of loving someone, whether they’re a friend or a family member or someone you’re romantically involved with, is embracing them exactly as they are. Not hoping they’ll change, or waiting for them to change, or—worst of all—trying to change them yourself.” Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp

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  [encore] 1376: Laura, I Want You Pulling Your Hair Back by Natalie Dunn

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  [encore] 1368: Do You Consider Writing to be Therapeutic? by Andrew Grace

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  [encore] 1332: Tea by Leila Chatti

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  1364: Hiking Moraine State Park by Violeta Garcia-Mendoza

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  1411: Amalgam by Rebecca Foust

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  1410: Go by Kathleen Ossip

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  1409: Sal, 1950 by Paula Colangelo

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  1408: Noah's Nameless Wife Takes Inventory by C.T. Salazar

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  1407: At the Base of the Mountain by Amanda Hawkins

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  1406: Paperweight by Ryan Teitman

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  1405: Entry by Chet'la Sebree

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