1211: The Forgotten Dialect of the Heart by Jack Gilbert

The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily

Oct 7 2024 • 5 mins

Today’s poem is The Forgotten Dialect of the Heart by Jack Gilbert. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual.


In this episode, Major writes… “Inadequacy is built into the enterprise of speaking; we struggle to say exactly what we need to say — if we even know what we need to say.“


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