Today’s poem is Arkansabop by Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers.

The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “Today’s poem is as imagistic and musical as a song, and it’s deeply rooted in place. The poem borrows a refrain from a Lucinda Williams song.”

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