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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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[encore] 1005: eco-hood by Melania Luisa Marte contributed by Lukas · Jul 28, 2025

[encore] 624: Sunflowers in the Median contributed by Lukas · Jul 25, 2025

[encore] 526: Saudade contributed by Lukas · Jul 24, 2025

[encore] 645: It’s 9:30am, I’ve ran four miles, cried four times, & eaten two chicken sandwiches contributed by Lukas · Jul 23, 2025

[encore] 510: Let Me contributed by Lukas · Jul 22, 2025

[encore] 788: John Muir, A Dream, A Waterfall, A Mountain Ash contributed by Lukas · Jul 21, 2025

[encore] 382: Another Night at Sea Level by Meg Day contributed by Lukas · Jul 18, 2025

[encore] 442: Climbing China's Great Wall by Afaa M. Weaver contributed by Lukas · Jul 17, 2025

[encore] 454: On a Spaceship Somewhere, Long After Empire's Collapse by Jesús I. Valles contributed by Lukas · Jul 16, 2025

[encore] 470: Say Thank You Say I'm Sorry by Jericho Brown contributed by Lukas · Jul 15, 2025

[encore] 393: Song In Which We Yet Sidestep Disaster by Tess Taylor contributed by Lukas · Jul 14, 2025

[encore] 1175: Hunger by Kelli Russell Agodon contributed by Lukas · Jul 11, 2025

[encore] 1174: Separation Wall by Naomi Shihab Nye contributed by Lukas · Jul 10, 2025

[encore] 1173: Sono by Suji Kwock Kim contributed by Lukas · Jul 9, 2025

[encore] 1172: From Blossoms by Li-Young Lee contributed by Lukas · Jul 8, 2025

[encore] 1171: One Art by Elizabeth Bishop contributed by Lukas · Jul 7, 2025

[encore] 664: Prayer Beginning with a Line by Czaykowski by Pablo Piñero Stillmann contributed by Lukas · Jul 4, 2025

[encore] 677: Practicing by Ciona Rouse contributed by Lukas · Jul 3, 2025

[encore] 541: Little Grey Dreams by Angelina Weld Grimké contributed by Lukas · Jul 2, 2025

[encore] 617: Places With Terrible Wi-Fi by J. Estanislao Lopez contributed by Lukas · Jul 1, 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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