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1417: My Mother's Love by James Allen Hall

Today’s poem is My Mother's Love by James Allen Hall. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “Today’s poem is a testament to a mother’s love and courage and fierce protection. Maybe the real measure of a person is what they do for people — or creatures — who cannot do anything for them in return. Love is not transactional. Love, like poetry, is a gift economy.” 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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  Bonus Episode: Maggie Smith on This Old House Radio Hour

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  1416: Nursery by Kiki Petrosino

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  1415: Elephants Born Without Tusks by Alison C. Rollins

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  1414: This dark is the same dark as when you close by R.A. Villanueva

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  1413: On Proliferation by Cass Donish

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  1412: Ledge (ars poetica) (love poem) (true story) by Amorak Huey

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

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  [encore] 1343: /’mīgrent/ by Tiana Nobile

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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