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Podcast: Poetry Unbound
Episode: Oksana Maksymchuk â Arguments for Peace
Description: âHow could there be a war in this city?â is the plaintive question that starts Oksana Makysymchukâs âArguments for Peaceâ. Like ours, the world of her poem holds both the âgoodness of the universeâ and âa foreign leader / warning of invasionâ. She offers no pat answers for what to do in the face of conflict â just a dizzying sense of disbelief and the deep desire to hold tight to the people and life around us.  We invite you to subscribe to PĂĄdraigâs weekly Poetry Unbound Substack, read the Poetry Unbound books and his newest work, Kitchen Hymns, or l...