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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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1337: New York Address by Linda Gregg contributed by Lukas · Aug 25, 2025
1336: I Find Myself Defending Pigeons by Keith S. Wilson contributed by Lukas · Aug 22, 2025
1335: Bonfire Opera by Danusha Laméris contributed by Lukas · Aug 21, 2025
1334: Étude by Amy Gerstler contributed by Lukas · Aug 20, 2025
1333: Crossing the Line by E. Ethelbert Miller contributed by Lukas · Aug 19, 2025
1332: Tea by Leila Chatti contributed by Lukas · Aug 18, 2025
[encore] 784: Sex Without Love by Sharon Olds contributed by Lukas · Aug 15, 2025
[encore] 768: Lately I Am Trying by Sanna Wani contributed by Lukas · Aug 14, 2025
[encore] 520: I Worry My Mother Will Die and I Will Know Nothing by Asa Drake contributed by Lukas · Aug 13, 2025
[encore] 792: Trash by Joshua Bennett contributed by Lukas · Aug 12, 2025
[encore] 688: [since feeling is first] by E.E. Cummings contributed by Lukas · Aug 11, 2025
[encore] 264: Sleeping with the Chihuahua by Tami Haaland contributed by Lukas · Aug 8, 2025
[encore] 351: Fish Heads by R.A. Villanueva contributed by Lukas · Aug 7, 2025
[encore] 278: Thanks by W.S. Merwin contributed by Lukas · Aug 6, 2025
Maggie Smith is the New Host of The Slowdown contributed by Lukas · Aug 5, 2025
[encore] 237: Workshop by Jacob Shores-Argüello contributed by Lukas · Aug 4, 2025
[encore] 961: Nocturne by Oliver Baez Bendorf contributed by Lukas · Aug 1, 2025
[encore] 1107: Accessory to War by Kim Stafford contributed by Lukas · Jul 31, 2025
[encore] 1156: In Love by Chloe Martinez contributed by Lukas · Jul 30, 2025
[encore] 1094: 00000000 by Erin Marie Lynch contributed by Lukas · Jul 29, 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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