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    909: My Dearest Black-Billed Streamertail

    909: My Dearest Black-Billed Streamertail

    FromThe Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily

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    909: My Dearest Black-Billed Streamertail

    FromThe Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily

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    Length:
    6 minutes
    Released:
    Jun 28, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Today’s poem is My Dearest Black-Billed Streamertail by Michelle Whittaker.
    The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “The speaker in today’s epistolary poem turns to the hummingbird as an avatar of their own wish to soar.”
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    Released:
    Jun 28, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Host Ada Limón delivers a different way to see the world – through poetry. In just one turn of phrase, poetry can anchor us, or shift a moment, a day, or even a whole life. Join us for a poem and a moment of reflection in one short episode, every weekday. Produced by American Public Media in partnership with The Poetry Foundation.