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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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1171: One Art by Elizabeth Bishop contributed by Lukas · Jul 29, 2024
1170: The Way by Cynthia Cruz contributed by Lukas · Jul 26, 2024
1169: from "American Analects" by Gary Young contributed by Lukas · Jul 25, 2024
1168: Refusing Rilke's “You must change your life” by Remica Bingham-Risher contributed by Lukas · Jul 24, 2024
1167: Transfusion by Shara Lessley contributed by Lukas · Jul 23, 2024
1166: Wind Poem by Song Yu, translated by Chloe Garcia Roberts contributed by Lukas · Jul 22, 2024
1165: Pando Aspen Clone by Jacqueline Balderrama contributed by Lukas · Jul 19, 2024
1164: Act of Gratitude by Cyrus Cassells contributed by Lukas · Jul 18, 2024
1163: Voice Clear As by Kemi Alabi contributed by Lukas · Jul 17, 2024
1162: But Beautiful by Rodney Terich Leonard contributed by Lukas · Jul 16, 2024
1161: Each Morning Again by Rose McLarney contributed by Lukas · Jul 15, 2024
1160: Naïve by Tim Seibles contributed by Lukas · Jul 12, 2024
1159: We Never Stop Talking About Our Mothers by Diannely Antigua contributed by Lukas · Jul 11, 2024
1158: A Blessing by Samyak Shertok contributed by Lukas · Jul 10, 2024
1157: from “Requiem 1935-1940” by Anna Akhmatova, translated by Stanley Kunitz and Max Hayward contributed by Lukas · Jul 9, 2024
1156: In Love by Chloe Martinez contributed by Lukas · Jul 8, 2024
1155: A Toast by Oksana Zabuzhko contributed by Lukas · Jul 5, 2024
1154: Selfsame River Thrice by Alicia Mountain contributed by Lukas · Jul 4, 2024
1153: Illumination by Natasha Trethewey contributed by Lukas · Jul 3, 2024
1152: from "The Crystal Text" by Clark Coolidge contributed by Lukas · Jul 2, 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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