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Laura Davis explores Margaret Atwood's poem 'The Moment' and its implications on human assumptions about ownership and nature.

Episode Title: Pause for Peace: "The Moment" by Margaret Atwood Episode Description: In this Midweek Pause for Peace , Laura Davis offers a poem that stops you cold — and then cracks something open. Margaret Atwood's "The Moment" holds up a mirror to one of humanity's oldest assumptions, and asks us to look again. Paired with peaceful imagery, this episode is a quiet invitation to reconsider what we think we own — and what has always owned us. What Laura Covers in This Episode: Why Laura chose this particular Atwood poem and what it illuminates about the human relationship with the natural world The tension at the heart of "The Moment" — between the desire for ownership and the world's quiet, firm refusal How poetry can shift perspective and loosen the grip of assumptions we didn't know we were holding An invitation to sit with Atwood's closing whisper and let it settle into the nervous system About Host Laura Davis: Laura Davis is an acclaimed author and writing teacher with over 35 years of experience helping writers craft powerful, authentic stories. She is the author of seven books, including the award-winning memoir "The Burning Light of Two Stars," which won the BookLife…

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