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POETICS Podcast - "Lily Worries About Her Daughter," by Dr. Benjamin Myers
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- POETICS: Poetry Podcast
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- Sep 3, 2025
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Summary
I am cycling through the maternal worry of the Oaklahoma dust bowl with Dr. Benjamin Myers - Through a kitchen window, Lily observes her daughter drawing farms in dirt then burying them, a child's game that mirrors the agricultural devastation outside—but it's not the environmental crisis that keeps this mother awake, it's something deeper she sees forming in her little girl. Get full access to Bainbridge Island Press at bainbridgeislandpress.substack.com/subscribe