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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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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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[encore] 1444: Congratulations! Your Grief Is About...
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2026/03/23
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1473: Solar Eclipse by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
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2026/03/10
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1472: The Road to Baghdad by Seth Brady Tucker
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2026/03/09
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1471: It Was Like This: You Were Happy by Jane...
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2026/03/06
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1470: Common Denominators by Cynthia Arrieu-King
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2026/03/05
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1468: Five Paragraph Essay on Time by Kathleen Flenniken
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2026/03/03
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1465: Or am I a room with a roof taken off, still...
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2026/02/26
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1462: Perspective, Coyoacán by Corey Van Landingham
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2026/02/23
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1457: an excerpt from THERE IS ONLY ONE GHOST IN THE...
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2026/02/16
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