1424: White Hot Star by W. Todd Kaneko

from The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily · host Eliana Benavides

Today’s poem is White Hot Star by W. Todd Kaneko.The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “Today’s poem is about fathers and sons, and about loss. It is also about the small, shining parts of our lives that survive us and get passed down to the next generation.”Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp

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