1519: At the Entrance of a Love Poem, I Hesitate by Maya C. Popa

About this episode

This episode features Maya C. Popa's poem 'At the Entrance of a Love Poem, I Hesitate' and discusses the challenges of writing love poems.

Today’s poem is At the Entrance of a Love Poem, I Hesitate by Maya C. Popa. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “Love poems are maybe the hardest poems to write. I speak only for myself here, but I have a feeling plenty of poets agree with me.” This show is supported by gifts from listeners. Support The Slowdown with a donation and get access to the sponsor-free version of The Slowdown today. Slowdownshow.org/donate

People in this episode

Host: Maggie Smith

Topics covered

• love poetry
• writing challenges
• poetic reflection

Keywords

• love poem
• poetry
• Maya C. Popa
• writing
• reflection

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Public Media

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