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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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1327: Gertrude: In the Rooms by Kate Daniels contributed by Lukas · Apr 7, 2025
1326: The Slowdown Live contributed by Lukas · Apr 4, 2025
1325: Flame by C.D. Wright contributed by Lukas · Apr 3, 2025
1324: Why I Write Poetry by Major Jackson contributed by Lukas · Apr 2, 2025
1323: The Ways of Remembering Women by Lynne Thompson contributed by Lukas · Apr 1, 2025
1322: [as freedom is a breakfastfood] by E.E. Cummings contributed by Lukas · Mar 31, 2025
1321: The Running of Several Simulations at Once May Lead to Murky Data by Heather Christle contributed by Lukas · Mar 28, 2025
1320: mulberry fields by Lucille Clifton contributed by Lukas · Mar 27, 2025
encore [902]: Morning in a City by J. Mae Barizo contributed by Lukas · Mar 26, 2025
1319: The Rain, Life, and Other Things by Leah Umansky contributed by Lukas · Mar 25, 2025
1318: Desert Sayings by Donovan McAbee contributed by Lukas · Mar 24, 2025
1317: Grinning in Sardinia by Tomás Q. Morín contributed by Lukas · Mar 21, 2025
1316: Portrait of My Mother Studying for Her Citizenship Exam by Eduardo Martínez-Leyva contributed by Lukas · Mar 20, 2025
encore [1224]: Here We Are by Lauren K. Watel contributed by Lukas · Mar 19, 2025
1315: Milestone 2 (We Laugh About the Weather, Its Permanence) by Divya Victor contributed by Lukas · Mar 18, 2025
1314: If we had known, by Marissa Davis contributed by Lukas · Mar 17, 2025
1313: A Little Slice of Heaven by Jaswinder Bolina contributed by Lukas · Mar 14, 2025
1312: small comment by Sonia Sanchez contributed by Lukas · Mar 13, 2025
[encore] 1078: Ferment by Monica Rico contributed by Lukas · Mar 12, 2025
1311: Gratitude by Patrick Dundon contributed by Lukas · Mar 11, 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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