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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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1310: Divinity School by Ariana Reines contributed by Lukas · Mar 10, 2025
1309: 5 A.M. by Michael Ondaatje contributed by Lukas · Mar 7, 2025
1308: Mother's Rules by Yalie Saweda Kamara contributed by Lukas · Mar 6, 2025
[encore] 1039: What Good Is Silence by Phuong T. Vuong contributed by Lukas · Mar 5, 2025
1307: Field Guide as Sonnet by A. D. Lauren-Abunassar contributed by Lukas · Mar 4, 2025
1306: Ode to the Pink Cowboy Hat by Quinn Carver Johnson contributed by Lukas · Mar 3, 2025
1305: An Apology for Trashing Magazines in Which You Appear by Nicole Sealey contributed by Lukas · Feb 28, 2025
1304: Cinema Paradiso by Claire Booker contributed by Lukas · Feb 27, 2025
1303: Chaplinesque by Hart Crane contributed by Lukas · Feb 26, 2025
1302: One Shies at the Prospect of Raising Yet Another Defense of Cannibalism by Josh Bell contributed by Lukas · Feb 25, 2025
1301: Jaws by Emma Hine contributed by Lukas · Feb 24, 2025
1300: Genesis by Megan Pinto contributed by Lukas · Feb 21, 2025
1299: Hello, the Roses by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge contributed by Lukas · Feb 20, 2025
1298: Earth, Earth by Cyrée Jarelle Johnson contributed by Lukas · Feb 19, 2025
1297: Jamboree, Evening, Midsummer by Austin Araujo contributed by Lukas · Feb 18, 2025
1296: In Which I Become (Skywoman) by Kenzie Allen contributed by Lukas · Feb 17, 2025
1295: Wind Ode by Sharon Olds contributed by Lukas · Feb 14, 2025
1294: White Peonies by Reginald Dwayne Betts contributed by Lukas · Feb 13, 2025
1293: Washing the Elephant by Barbara Ras contributed by Lukas · Feb 12, 2025
1292: Rabbitbrush by Molly McCully Brown contributed by Lukas · Feb 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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