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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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1191: For Mac Miller and 2009 by Kayleb Rae Candrilli contributed by Lukas · Aug 26, 2024
1190: At the Museum of Empress Livia’s Garden Room by Pimone Triplett contributed by Lukas · Aug 23, 2024
1189: Nature Poem About Flowers by Matthew Rohrer contributed by Lukas · Aug 22, 2024
1188: In Jerusalem by Mahmoud Darwish, translated by Fady Joudah, with special guest adrienne maree brown contributed by Lukas · Aug 21, 2024
1187: Picking Favorites by George Franklin contributed by Lukas · Aug 20, 2024
1186: Oh, y’know, just your standard Q&A by Alex Z. Salinas contributed by Lukas · Aug 19, 2024
1185: Fragment 31 by Sappho, translated by Christopher Childers contributed by Lukas · Aug 16, 2024
1184: End of December by Ashjan Hendi, translated by Moneera Al-Ghadeer contributed by Lukas · Aug 15, 2024
1183: maggie and milly and molly and may by E.E. Cummings, with special guest Eric Whitacre contributed by Lukas · Aug 14, 2024
1182: from “Take Me Back, Burden Hill” by L. Lamar Wilson contributed by Lukas · Aug 13, 2024
1181: Enlightenment by Vijay Seshadri contributed by Lukas · Aug 12, 2024
1180: The Gardener 85 by Rabindranath Tagore contributed by Lukas · Aug 9, 2024
1179: Nude by James Kelly Quigley contributed by Lukas · Aug 8, 2024
1178: America by Claude McKay, with special guest Tonya Mosley contributed by Lukas · Aug 7, 2024
1177: Machete: Look by Jasminne Mendez contributed by Lukas · Aug 6, 2024
1176: Fowl at Large by Sarah Giragosian contributed by Lukas · Aug 5, 2024
1175: Hunger by Kelli Russell Agodon contributed by Lukas · Aug 2, 2024
1174: Separation Wall by Naomi Shihab Nye contributed by Lukas · Aug 1, 2024
1173: Sono by Suji Kwock Kim contributed by Lukas · Jul 31, 2024
1172: From Blossoms by Li-Young Lee contributed by Lukas · Jul 30, 2024
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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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