0:00It's Wednesday, our double dose of poetry, one poem here, one on Instagram, two poems, one poet, if it moves you, share the real, let the words travel. This April is National Poetry Month, and one poem only is doing something special. It's called Right After. Listen to the Daily Poem, then write your own in response. Share it using hashtag right after OPO. I'll be featuring selected poems on the podcast in June. I can't wait to write with you. Today's poem is by Lizzie Elliott Klein. Snail. In your spiral shell, you hold the answer. Sloaness is radical. From the ash pile of my burnout, I see you everywhere. Clinging to walls, meandering through moss, criss-crossing my path. Reaching unbelievable heights at speeds that will win no medals.

1:02Just savoring the silvery slowness of your trail. In your spiral shell, you hold the answer. Softness is strength. Inching forward on vulnerable ripples. Retreating when the world is harsh. Rebuilding your shell with self-made gold. In your spiral shell, you hold the answer. I too can change. My soft body thriving in gentleness. Kint sugi shell gleaming in the light of spring. As I carve my curling silver, life trail, slowly, steadily, softly, at my own snails pace. By Lizzie Elliott Klein, more from her is linked in the show notes. And you can find her on Instagram at of Bracken and Brian. Thank you for listening, Poetry Leather. Find one poem only on Apple Podcasts, Spotify,

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