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Aug 2024
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1189: Nature Poem About Flowers by Matth...

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Today’s poem is Nature Poem About Flowers by Matthew Rohrer.


The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “They say clothes make the man. Frequently though, clothes hide the person, particularly a person’s depth of feeling.”


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