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What wearies you? What renews you? Who brings you joy? Who exhausts you? When you think of safety and comfort and happiness, what place or person comes to mind? The answers to these questions are already known to you.

Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.

Today's poem, Mail, by John Freeman, is read with kind permission of the poet and can be found in his wonderful collection Maps, published by Copper Canyon Press. Original theme music composed and performed by Dylan Perese. Additional music by musician Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Words by Winter can be reached at [email protected].