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1359: Lotioning My Mother’s Back by Ama Codjoe

1359: Lotioning My Mother’s Back by Ama Codjoe

The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily

September 24, 20255m 41s

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Show Notes

Today’s poem is Lotioning My Mother’s Back by Ama Codjoe.


The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “The world feels like a hard place right now—a not very soft and tender place. In times that feel difficult, it’s tempting to retreat, to harden ourselves, to “numb out.” But I think, more and more, that tenderness is what we need—toward one another, and toward ourselves. We need touch. We need connection. We need soft places to land. We need to hold on to one another.”


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