About this episode

Laura Davis shares a poem by Eve L. Ewing that inspires listeners to celebrate beauty and bear witness to grace and survival.

Episode Title: Pause for Peace: testify — featuring a poem by Eve L. Ewing Episode Description: In this Midweek Pause for Peace , Laura Davis brings a poem that made her want to walk through her day celebrating beauty — and hopes it does the same for listeners. Eve L. Ewing's "testify" is a poem rooted in the Black church tradition of bearing witness: to grace, to survival, to the unexpected gifts hiding inside an ordinary afternoon. Paired with peaceful imagery, this episode is a midweek invitation to notice what is still golden, even now. What Laura Covers in This Episode: Why this poem stopped Laura in her tracks and sent her back into her day with fresh eyes The tradition of testifying — bearing witness to blessing, protection, and survival — and how Ewing brings it alive on the page How a single walk home becomes a portal to something larger, and what that means for how we move through the world An introduction to Eve L. Ewing, award-winning poet, scholar, and cultural organizer whose work spans poetry, nonfiction, theater, and Marvel Comics About Host Laura Davis: Laura Davis is an acclaimed author and writing teacher with over 35 years of experience helping writers craft…

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