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Oct 2024
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1218: Vulture by Ted Kooser

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Today’s poem is Vulture by Ted Kooser. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual.


In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem invites us to attune, to notice, to hear what’s communicated beneath our words and bodies, to read the signs, even if what is heard or seen or felt bears an ominous message.”


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