Childhood Excitement About Birthdays

Today’s poem is Sehnsucht by Michael Dumanis.

The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “Today’s poem introduced me to a new word for longing or yearning—and it showed me a way to use that expansive desire as a frame for the magic of everyday life.”

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