The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily

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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] 710: Acknowledgments by Nkosi Nkululeko contributed by Lukas · Jun 30, 2025

[encore] 463: To be of use by Marge Piercy contributed by Lukas · Jun 27, 2025

[encore] 403: The Book of Genesis by Morgan Parker contributed by Lukas · Jun 26, 2025

[encore] 387: Stop Looking At My Last Name Like That by Michael Torres contributed by Lukas · Jun 25, 2025

[encore] 448: Telephone of the Wind by Eddie Kim contributed by Lukas · Jun 24, 2025

[encore] 377: Moon Pull by Carlina Duan contributed by Lukas · Jun 23, 2025

[encore] 871: Flesh (“You in your ecstasy of coffee”) by Deborah Landau contributed by Lukas · Jun 20, 2025

[encore] 1104: Black Book of Creation by Shanta Lee Gander contributed by Lukas · Jun 19, 2025

1332: Slow Take: An Evening of Poetry and Reflection with The Slowdown and The Porch contributed by Lukas · Jun 18, 2025

[encore] 969: Us by Zaffar Kunial contributed by Lukas · Jun 17, 2025

[encore] 1152: from "The Crystal Text" by Clark Coolidge contributed by Lukas · Jun 16, 2025

[encore] 684: I Would Do Anything For Love, But I Won't by Traci Brimhall contributed by Lukas · Jun 13, 2025

[encore] 531: anti-immigration by Evie Shockley contributed by Lukas · Jun 12, 2025

[encore] 676: Last Sundays at Bootleggers by Carlos Andrés Gómez contributed by Lukas · Jun 11, 2025

[encore] 516: In Response to Feeling Alone by t. liem contributed by Lukas · Jun 10, 2025

[encore] 603: Sligo Abbey by Rebecca Lindenberg contributed by Lukas · Jun 9, 2025

[encore] 373: Tracing the Horse by Diana Marie Delgado contributed by Lukas · Jun 6, 2025

[encore] 459: The Feeling by Ari Banias contributed by Lukas · Jun 5, 2025

[encore] 303: Telling My Father by James Crews contributed by Lukas · Jun 4, 2025

[encore] 9: Portrait of the Alcoholic with Withdrawal by Kaveh Akbar contributed by Lukas · Jun 3, 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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