[encore] 1039: What Good Is Silence by Phuong T. Vuong

The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily

Mar 05, 2025•6 min

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Today’s poem is What Good Is Silence by Phuong T. Vuong. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. Our episode today is one of many from the archives. We’ll be back tomorrow with more new poetry and reflection!

In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem illustrates returning to listening as a ventilation of the soul, sublimating the ego in the interest of interacting with more than just our thoughts.”

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