• 1117: I Am Waiting by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

  • May 14 2024
  • Length: 6 mins
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1117: I Am Waiting by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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  • Today’s poem is I Am Waiting by Lawrence Ferlinghetti.


    The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “On a Saturday morning group Zoom call, I wore my Philadelphia Phillies cap. A friend almost choked on his coffee, confusing my red hat for a MAGA hat. It made for a funny exchange, where I unapologetically claimed my belief in the ideals of America, but, no . . . I am a different kind of patriot. America is defined by its belief in equality, freedom, liberty, opportunity, and justice, but maybe even more by its betrayal of those principles and then its struggle to recommit to values we hold self-evident.”


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