975: Love after Love

Today’s poem is Love After Love by Derek Walcott. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual.
In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem dramatizes the important act of rediscovering and intimately coming to love who one is, in all our complexities. It’s a famous poem that teaches devotion of self before we make ourselves available to others.”
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