Ada Limón with Krista Tippett — “To Be Made Whole”
Poetry Unbound
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The New National Anthem
Lucas: I've never cared for the national anthem. Once I sang it at homecoming and through even the tenacious high school band of key. But the song didn't mean anything. Just a call to the field, something to get through before the pummeling of youth. And what if the stanzas we never seen? The third that mentions no refuge could save the hireling and the slave. Perhaps the truth is, every song of this country has an unsung third stanza. That sounds like someone's rough fingers weaving into another's.That sounds like a match being lit in an endless cave. Into the song in your mouth feels like sustenance. A song
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