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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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1529: Prayer for My Unborn Niece or Nephew by Ross Gay
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2026/06/03
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1525: The Burning Kite by Ouyang Jianghe, translated...
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2026/05/28
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1518: On Being Told I Should Write a Memoir by...
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2026/05/19
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1511: Dispatch as Prologue or Epilogue by Megan Gannon
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2026/05/08
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1508: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by Wayne...
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2026/05/05
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1507: How to Dress a Star by Nicholas Goodly
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2026/05/04
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1506: You Reading This, Be Ready by William Stafford
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2026/05/01
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1491: The plum you're going to eat next summer by...
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2026/04/10
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1486: from Perihelion: A History of Touch by Franny Choi
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2026/04/03
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1482: XII. Southern Constellations by Brandon Kilbourne
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2026/03/30
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