972: Light Upon The Body

Today’s poem is Light Upon The Body by Alison Braid. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual.In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem speaks a truth about bodies. Illness, occasionally, makes them seem like their own entities; they speak the languages of pain and discomfort that need translation into a music. Music that ushers us back to familiarity and recovery.” Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp