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1071: Ode to the Idea of France by Dan Alter

1071: Ode to the Idea of France by Dan Alter

Update: 2024-03-11
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Today’s poem is Ode to the Idea of France by Dan Alter.


The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “At parties, I jokingly discuss with friends about collectively purchasing property, maybe even a castle. I want us to live out our days together, to communally enact our shared values. They… are not convinced. I romanticize social utopias, especially those that, guided by equity and love, espouse alternative ways of coexisting with each other and the land.”


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1071: Ode to the Idea of France by Dan Alter

1071: Ode to the Idea of France by Dan Alter

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