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1353: Alive at the End of the World by Saeed Jones

1353: Alive at the End of the World by Saeed Jones

Update: 2025-09-16
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Today’s poem is Alive at the End of the World by Saeed Jones. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “Today’s poem invites us to look at ourselves at this moment of extreme, ongoing gun violence in America. And to think about our own responses, time after time after time.” 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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1353: Alive at the End of the World by Saeed Jones

1353: Alive at the End of the World by Saeed Jones

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