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The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily
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 connect us to our inner world and the world around us. Listen as you make your morning coffee, as you
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[encore] 1482: XII. Southern Constellations by...
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2026/08/13
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1576: What I Am Telling You, Jessica, Is That Those...
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2026/08/07
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1570: Wabi-Sabi by Catherine Esposito Prescott
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2026/07/30
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1566: What I Wanted to Keep Private by Melissa Crowe
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2026/07/24
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1564: Young Widow at the Kitchen Window by Donna...
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2026/07/22
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1562: Listening to Vespertine for Twenty Hours...
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2026/07/20
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1560: Gratification to the survivors of daily...
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2026/07/16
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1559: Florida Doll Sonnet by Denise Duhamel and...
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2026/07/15
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1557: All Trains Are Going Local by Timothy Liu
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2026/07/13
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