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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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1339: Wind-Related Ripple in the Wheatfield by Mikko...
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1333: Crossing the Line by E. Ethelbert Miller
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2025/08/19
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[encore] 784: Sex Without Love by Sharon Olds
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2025/08/15
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[encore] 768: Lately I Am Trying by Sanna Wani
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2025/08/14
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[encore] 520: I Worry My Mother Will Die and I Will...
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2025/08/13
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[encore] 688: [since feeling is first] by E.E. Cummings
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2025/08/11
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[encore] 264: Sleeping with the Chihuahua by Tami...
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2025/08/08
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[encore] 645: It’s 9:30am, I’ve ran four miles, cried...
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2025/07/23
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[encore] 382: Another Night at Sea Level by Meg Day
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2025/07/18
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[encore] 470: Say Thank You Say I'm Sorry by Jericho...
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2025/07/15
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[encore] 1175: Hunger by Kelli Russell Agodon
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2025/07/11
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[encore] 387: Stop Looking At My Last Name Like That...
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2025/06/25
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[encore] 684: I Would Do Anything For Love, But I...
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2025/06/13
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[encore] 373: Tracing the Horse by Diana Marie Delgado
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2025/06/06
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