Today’s poem is Fish Pier, Santa Monica by Vernon Duke, translated by Boris Dralyuk.

The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem taps into the beauty and spirit of California seaside beaches, whose amassed mythology and symbolism feeds so much of how we imagine and hear America.”

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