1158: A Blessing by Samyak Shertok

Today’s poem is A Blessing by Samyak Shertok.

The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s remarkable poem exalts in the cultural rite of eating a meal prepared by an elder. Its sumptuous language and lush syntax are markers of the summer’s abundance.”

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