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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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1359: [encore] Lotioning My Mother’s Back by Ama Codjoe
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2026/09/28
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[encore] 1501: at the baggage claim in JFK by Lo Naylor
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2026/09/25
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[encore] 1507: How to Dress a Star by Nicholas Goodly
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2026/09/22
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[encore] 1347: Animal Prudence by Kathy Fagan
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2026/09/21
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[encore] 1369: Six Hours Lost, Land Between the Lakes...
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2026/09/17
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[encore] 1427: A toast to something beautiful...
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2026/09/14
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[encore] 1358: Parts of a Body House by Erika Meitner
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2026/09/10
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[encore] 1478: If Night You Were a City by Adam...
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2026/09/09
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1583: Are You Not Tired Yet? by Mohammed al-Khatib,...
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2026/09/01
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From Death of an Artist | Petra Mathers and Her Michael
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2026/08/29
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1581: Stop Thinking & End Your Problems by Elisa Gabbert
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2026/08/28
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1580: Story of My Life by Jameson Fitzpatrick
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2026/08/27
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[encore] 1486: from Perihelion: A History of Touch by...
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2026/08/21
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[encore] 1466: Poem about everything except— by Amy...
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2026/08/14
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