About this episode

This episode features a poem by James Crews selected by a listener, Rekha, reflecting on our connection to nature.

Today’s poem is So Much Space for Song by James Crews. Sharing poetry is a two-way street. So today, you'll be hearing a poem selected by one of our listeners. Today’s selection was submitted by Rekha from Washington, D.C. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Rekha reflects… “Today's poem shows us that we are part of nature. We always tend to think of birds and animals and insects sort of as nature abstracted, but they're just like us.” 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. If you’d like to participate in the next round of Community Selections, sign up for our newsletter. We’ll be sending a special Slowdown postcard to new subscribers that sign up this week. Subscribe at slowdownshow.org/newsletter.

People in this episode

Host: American Public Media

Topics covered

• poetry
• nature
• community
• reflection
• listener participation

Keywords

• poem
• James Crews
• nature
• listener selection
• Rekha
• poetry ritual

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Washington, D.C.

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