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Host Maggie Smith is your daily poetry companion. Poetry is one of the greatest tools we have to wield our own attention — to consider our own lives and the l...

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1376: Laura, I Want You Pulling Your Hair Back by Natalie Dunn contributed by Lukas · Oct 17, 2025
1375: Dear Absent, by Marcus Wicker contributed by Lukas · Oct 16, 2025
1374: The Terror of New Love! by Tiana Clark contributed by Lukas · Oct 15, 2025
1373: Protection Spell Jar by Cynthia Marie Hoffman contributed by Lukas · Oct 14, 2025
1372: My Body Knows Its Limits by Page Hill Starzinger contributed by Lukas · Oct 13, 2025
1371: At Last the New Arriving by Gabrielle Calvocoressi contributed by Lukas · Oct 10, 2025
1370: Soot by Kaveh Akbar contributed by Lukas · Oct 9, 2025
1369: Six Hours Lost, Land Between the Lakes by Kathleen Driskell contributed by Lukas · Oct 8, 2025
1368: Do You Consider Writing to be Therapeutic? by Andrew Grace contributed by Lukas · Oct 7, 2025
1367: Abundance by Rick Barot contributed by Lukas · Oct 6, 2025
1366: Nostalgia by Matthew Minicucci contributed by Lukas · Oct 3, 2025
1365: Noise Cancelling by Devon Walker-Figueroa contributed by Lukas · Oct 2, 2025
1364: Hiking Moraine State Park by Violeta Garcia-Mendoza contributed by Lukas · Oct 1, 2025
1363: Notes on Beachgrass by Yong-Yu Huang contributed by Lukas · Sep 30, 2025
1362: For You Who Have Loved Old Dogs by Silas House contributed by Lukas · Sep 29, 2025
1361: Earth, Sometimes I Try to Play It Casual, by Catherine Pierce contributed by Lukas · Sep 26, 2025
1360: Wind, Blue Sky by Susan Aizenberg contributed by Lukas · Sep 25, 2025
1359: Lotioning My Mother’s Back by Ama Codjoe contributed by Lukas · Sep 24, 2025
1358: Parts of a Body House by Erika Meitner contributed by Lukas · Sep 23, 2025
1357: Country Night by Laura Newbern contributed by Lukas · Sep 22, 2025
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Host Maggie Smith is your daily poetry companion. Poetry is one of the greatest tools we have to wield our own attention — to consider our own lives and the lives of others, to help us live creatively and compassionately, to use that attention to lean into wonder, and joy, and truth, and to find hope — to keep hoping. The Slowdown community knows that reflecting on a poem, every weekday, can c...

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