The Slowdown

Hosted ByTracy K. Smith

Every weekday, Tracy K. Smith delivers a different way to see the world – through poetry. Produced in partnership with the Poetry Foundation and supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

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454: On a Spaceship Somewhere, Long After Empire’s Collapse

August 20, 2020 00:04:59

Today's poem is On a Spaceship Somewhere, Long After Empire's Collapse by Jesús I. Valles.

This week, we're featuring poems related to outer space. Stars. Planets. Even aliens. What can we discover about ourselves, when we consider the cosmos?