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[Unedited] Maria Popova and Natalie Batalha with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett

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The Purpose of Poetics Is to Awaken Sleepers by Means Other Than Shock

i'm going to read a poem by denice leverto, who was one of my favorite poets. And it's called sojourns in a parallel world. We call it nature, only reluctantly admitting ourselves to be nature too. No one discovers just where we've been when we're caught up again into our own sphere. But we have changed a little. Thank you.

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