With NATIONAL LAZY DAY taking place in August, we are encouraging readers to relax and take it easy this month. Here are some Slow Life classics to cure your low HP😴
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Can a poem save your life?
Words are powerful. Insults and rumors can derail a career; a bit of encouragement can give someone the strength to pursue their dreams. When a high school boy skipping class to sketch shoe designs and a taciturn woman drinking a morning beer meet in a Tokyo park, they say little, but the woman bids farewell with an ancient tanka poem. Will the boy figure out the poem’s meaning?and its corresponding response?before it’s too late?
