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Major Jackson @Poet_Major delivers a different way to see the world—through poetry. Produced in partnership w/ @PoetryFound. Support the show at bit.ly/3GdTfWm
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I promise this summer, no really,
I’ll help you tame your back lot.
The kids and I will be over.
I’ll bring a rake and pruning shears.
You’ll put on a pot of tea.
Today’s poem is “Tea with Ann” by Mary Brancaccio bit.ly/3VbOcvR
I’ll help you tame your back lot.
The kids and I will be over.
I’ll bring a rake and pruning shears.
You’ll put on a pot of tea.
Today’s poem is “Tea with Ann” by Mary Brancaccio bit.ly/3VbOcvR
“Today’s poem implies that our friends are our bounty. Our essential relationships are born from shared stories over an expanse of time as well as the effort we put into physically being with each other.”
Today’s poem is “Tea with Ann” by Mary Brancaccio bit.ly/3VbOcvR
Today’s poem is “Tea with Ann” by Mary Brancaccio bit.ly/3VbOcvR
I have a worry mother and
I have a worry father and
once they shared a worry and
my own worry a sprout in
this worry dirt, bullied by
the worry weeds, spoiled by
the worry sun and rain and
Today’s poem is “Worry (the Dybbuk)” by Anthony Immergluck bit.ly/3HgK6Nl
I have a worry father and
once they shared a worry and
my own worry a sprout in
this worry dirt, bullied by
the worry weeds, spoiled by
the worry sun and rain and
Today’s poem is “Worry (the Dybbuk)” by Anthony Immergluck bit.ly/3HgK6Nl
“Today’s poem points comically to the omnipresence of worry, how it's rooted in the soil of our existence,” shares @Poet_Major.
Today’s poem is “Worry (the Dybbuk)” by Anthony Immergluck bit.ly/3HgK6Nl
Today’s poem is “Worry (the Dybbuk)” by Anthony Immergluck bit.ly/3HgK6Nl
