"Amid willowy mists I stand
Waters beckon to fallen leaves,
Shadows dance on the lake"

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We live in a world that is too speeded up.

We need to slow down to the speed of life, as the title of a popular book suggests. We need to slow down to allow our souls to catch up to our bodies.

One way I do that is by writing poetry. In order to write poetry, we need to slow down long enough to catch...