Shownotes
What I love about women’s sports
It’s the sweat / the ponytails / the surprise of
acrylic nails / women moving like predators
instead of prey / the endurance / the focus / their
serious faces / only smiling when they’ve achieved
something beautiful / the little girls in the crowd
learning / this is another way a woman’s body can
be celebrated / watching a goal lift a sea of people
to their feet / perpetual motion / kinetic energy
like growth / like hope / like possibility / the
knowledge that failure just means / next week
there is a chance of redemption / always another
opportunity for a win / always loud and lifted
by the cheers of the faithful
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You can listen to me read another poem by Lauren, Now that I'm my mother's age, over on Instagram @rembrandts.cure
Mentioned in this episode:
Write After: National Poetry Month with One Poem Only
Write After is a way to encourage poets to listen and write, and use National Poetry Month to highlight how listening to poetry makes us better poets. I know I write the best when I’m surrounded by beautiful poetry–it’s part of the reason I created this podcast, and I want to encourage others to share this practice.
We'll get started in April. You can share to #WriteAfterOPO.
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