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1382: Lamb by Richie Hofmann

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Today’s poem is Lamb by Richie Hofmann.


The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “Today’s poem brought me right back to being a young girl with a beloved doll. Back then, it would have been unbearable to be separated.”


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